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An empirical analysis of the propensity of academics to engage in informal university technology transfer

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Formal university technology transfer mechanisms, through licensing agreements, research joint ventures, and university-based startups, have attracted considerable attention in the academic literature.Surprisingly, there has been little systematic empirical analysis of the propensity of academics to engage in informal technology transfer.This paper presents empirical evidence on the determinants of three types of informal technology transfer by faculty members: transfer of commercial technology, joint publications with industry scientists, and industrial consulting.We find that male, tenured and research-grant active faculty members are more likely to engage in all three forms of informal technology transfer.

Source: Industrial and Corporate Change

DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm020

Authors: A. N. Link, D. S. Siegel, B. Bozeman

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of California, Riverside, University of Georgia

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy