This paper examines how institutional, locational and individual characteristics of university
scientists influence patent inventions. The paper illustrates why and how some scientists …

The last decade has seen the development of a significant body of empirical research on
R&D spillovers. ¹ Generally speaking, this research has shown that the productivity of firms …

This article contributes to an important literature on the determinants of academic patenting.
We develop and test a model that predicts how individual characteristics and organizational …

We document a growing link between university research and development expenditures
and patenting activity in the surrounding metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) since 1980 …

The large investment by the US federal government in academic research in the postwar era
has been predicated on the belief that this expenditure would stimulate economic growth in …

What is driving the remarkable increase over the last decade in the propensity of patents to
cite academic science? Does this trend indicate that stronger knowledge spillovers from …

Abstract The Bayh–Doyle Act of 1980 accelerated academic entrepreneurship in
universities. However, not all qualified researchers sought to be involved in patenting. We …

This study investigates how national institutions influence innovation in a science-based
industry. The context is the biotechnology industry in the United States and France, two …

A substantial body of research has examined the contributions of university research to
regional economic development and technological innovation. This literature suggests that …

In this article, we investigate whether academic technology-based knowledge crosses
university boundaries or remains trapped inside the ivory tower. To do so, we rely on a …