My dissertation research focuses on the routes of commercializing university related
technology. My first essay investigates whether patents assigned to US universities largely …

We analyze the characteristics and impact of academic involvement in industrial invention
processes by comparing firms partly university-invented patents, so-called academic …

Although numerous public policies have been introduced to incentivize scholars and
researchers employed in universities and public laboratories to generate and transfer …

The sharp increase in academic patenting over the past 20 years raises important issues
regarding the generation and diffusion of academic knowledge. Three key questions may be …

Many research universities engage in efforts to license inventions developed by university-
affiliated inventors. However, no systematic explanation of the conditions under which …

This paper analyzes antecedents of patent activity of 87 European universities. The findings
reveal that more patent activity is observed within larger universities and at universities that …

The paper compares the value and impact of academic patents in five European countries
with different institutional frameworks: Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden …

Research universities in the US exist in a “prestige economy,” meaning a field that is
stratified both by status and by financial resources. University patenting, which promises …

This work investigates the determinants of patenting at Italian universities. We test the effect
of public and external funds, in terms of commercial activity by universities, towards the …