Breaking the ivory tower: Academic entrepreneurship in the life sciences in UK and Germany

C Haeussler, JA Colyvas - Research policy, 2011 - Elsevier
We examine engagement in commercial activities (consulting, patenting, and founding)
among more than 2200 German and UK life scientists. We test hypotheses that include …

Mothers of invention? Gender, motherhood, and new dimensions of productivity in the science profession

KB Whittington - Work and Occupations, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Gender and motherhood dynamics feature prominently in research that examines
professional workplace inequities. The rise of patenting as an available form of academic …

[PDF][PDF] Gender, motherhood, and scientific work across employment sectors: Commercial patenting in academia and industry

KB Whittington, KB Whittington - Work and Occupations, 2011 - researchgate.net
There have been significant changes in recent decades in the profession of science, most
notably in the organization of research activities within universities and industrial firms. I …

[PDF][PDF] Persistence and Flexibility of Publicly Funded Principal Investigators in Science, Engineering and Technology

C O'Kane - anzam.org
The initiation and coordination of publicly funded research by principal investigators has
become a far more complex and challenging task. National initiatives by policy makers are …