In recent years, there has been increasing pressure on Universities to shift from focusing
primarily on teaching and performing research, and to add an equivocal Third Mission (TM) …

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

Economic theory suggests that market economies are likely to underprovide innovation
because of the public good nature of knowledge. Empirical evidence from the United States …

This is not to say that economics has a monopoly when it comes to factors that affect science
or in providing a lens for examining science. Other disciplines—and their foci—contribute …

The debate on the entrepreneurial university has raised questions about what motivates
academic scientists to engage with industry. This paper provides evidence based on survey …

This paper employs the three concepts of 'gold'(financial rewards),'ribbon'(reputational/
career rewards) and 'puzzle'(intrinsic satisfaction) to examine the extrinsic and intrinsic …

For almost two decades, scholars have stressed the need to make the microfoundations of
institutional theory more explicit (DiMaggio and Powell, 1991; Zucker, 1991). Curiously …

University technology transfer has emerged as an important and standalone research field
over the past few decades. Given the great challenges that are involved with transferring …

This paper offers a framework to illuminate the role of universities in systems of innovation.
The framework attempts to incorporate economic, social, and political influences that affect …

Earlier research on the role of universities in fostering entrepreneurial economic
development almost exclusively covers spin-offs by faculty and staff. In contrast, we provide …