NDLI: `Repeat Commercializers' in University-Industry Technology Transfer: A Minority oof Faculty Inventors Account for a Majority of Commercialized Inventions

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hoye, K. Pries, F.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa (Hoye, K.)
Abstract	Are academic faculty equally likely to commercialize new technologies arising from their research or are there a class of 'repeat commercializers' who account for a disproportionate share of commercialized technologies arising from university research? In a survey of 172 engineering, mathematics, and science faculty members from a major Canadian university, we found evidence that a class of repeat commercializers does exist. Further, we found that the 12% of the faculty who are repeat commercializers account for 80% of the commercialized innovations. An in-depth interview study with six repeat commercializers in the same disciplines at the same institution suggests that these repeat commercializers hold commercialization-friendly attitudes, are high-achievers in a research context, and engage in boundary-spanning activities. This finding implies that repeat commercializers exist because a subset of the faculty have greater access to a stock of commercializable inventions and are better able to identify and acquire resources for the commercialization of their inventions. Since repeat commercializers account for such a large percentage of commercialization activity, it is important that programs and policies associated with technology transfer address the needs of this subpopulation of the faculty.
Starting Page	1840
Ending Page	1846
File Size	1188635
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781890843151
DOI	10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349512
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-08-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	PICMET
Subject Keyword	Commercialization Technology transfer Business Innovation management Mathematics Technological innovation Knowledge acquisition Finance Portfolios
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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