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The commercialization of academic science has come to be understood as economically
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However, scholarly thought as to the forces that perpetuate the patent gap is varied and, to
some extent, has produced seemingly contrary conclusions. This paper will present some of …

In this chapter the relative propensity for women academics to become entrepreneurs
compared to male academics is explored. The overall evidence is that women constitute a …

We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents:
only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College …

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Steering women toward educational paths and careers in fields of invention would seem, in
theory, to be the obvious solution to closing the gap between the number of men and women …

The gender gap in invention has been well studied, and the data speaks loudly, suggesting
that women are under-represented in patent-intensive fields of study, especially …

We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents:
only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College …