We investigated the factors influencing an academic's propensity to patent and the quality of
patenting in nanotechnology and biotechnology. We found that a university researcher is …

We use US patent records to examine the role of research personnel as a pathway for the
diffusion of ideas from university to industry. Appearing on a patent assigned to a university …

We assess the role of ethnic ties in the diffusion of technical knowledge by means of a
database of patent filed by US-resident inventors of foreign origin, which we identify through …

We examine the impact of local and foreign labor mobility in India by modeling one regional
and one global network, each of which captures the inter-organizational mobility of …

abstract Scientific breakthroughs coming from universities can contribute to the emergence
of new industries, such as in the case of biotechnology. Obviously, not all research …

O ver the last 30 years, academic and policy interest in the commercialization of new
technologies from universities in the US has in-creased considerably (Siegel et al. 2003a) …

Foreign-born scientists and researchers have long been a fixture in the US R&D system.
This paper examines a key indicator of scientific performance-individual research …

Analyses have been performed of the patenting and invention activity of US scientists and
engineers (S&Es) in the academic sector and comparisons have been made with their …

This paper explores the relationship between scientific publication and patenting activity.
More specifically, it examines for the field of nano-science and nano-technology whether …

This paper examines whether patents increase the geographic reach of the market for ideas.
By employing a dataset of 25,127 US patents traded between US located firms, we find that …