December 1980 was a watermark for American university technology transfer. The events of
that month changed expectations about the commercialization of academic discoveries and …

The commercialization of university research and the growing importance of technology
transfer is examined through discussing and comparing the history of technology transfer …

The conventional wisdom is that American universities transfer technologies more rapidly
and more effectively than their European counterparts. While this appears to be true, it is …

Improvement in the ability of universities in the United States to transfer technology to the
private sector is seen as a factor in strengthening American competitiveness. To better …

This article attempts to improve our understanding of the university–firm technology transfer
process in several ways. First, a model of technology transfer which subdivides this …

Abstract Changes in federal policies and new federal programs intended to improve
American competitiveness in the world markets have spurred increased interest in university …

Since the 1980s American research universities have become increasingly involved in such
technology transfer activities as technology business incubators (Mian, 1997), technology …

In 1907, Frederick Cottrell, profes-sor of chemistry at the University of California-Berkeley
and father of the modern academic patent, worried that if universities became too directly …

There are many routes through which the findings of university 1 science and engineering
research are transferred to industrial utilization, increase productivity and bring new …

The increasing interpenetration of public and private science has led to the rise of new
boundary institutions, such as the university technology transfer office (TTO). Trends over the …