As interest in university science commercialization has expanded, researchers have
increasingly acknowledged the elemental role of individual academic scientists in …

Scholarly work seeking to understand academics' commercial activities often draws on
abstract notions of the academic reward system and the representative scientist. Few …

Establishing the microfoundations of academic entrepreneurship requires closer scrutiny of
a key actor contributing to this phenomenon—the university scientist. We investigate the …

Decades of research on the commercialization of scientific discovery has demonstrated its
importance to the economic performance of nations, regions, and firms. Such knowledge …

This chapter draws on self-determination theory to explain the mix of pecuniary and non-
pecuniary motivational drivers underlying academic scientists' commercial pursuits. It …

Despite the growing interest in university–industry interactions, there has been little
systematic assessment of the university scientists who work with private companies. This …

Scientists' engagement with industry is of undoubted interest to research and practice.
Researchers do now recognize the organizational attributes of academic chairs as factors …

A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract
research, consulting and informal relationships for university–industry knowledge transfer …

Although foreign‐born scholars make up a significant portion of the US professoriate, little is
known about how their 'foreign‐born'identity directly or indirectly affects their entrepreneurial …

We trace the commercialization of new technologies when enacted specifically under the
stewardship of the founding university scientist. Our primary evidence comes from an …