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Albert N. Link
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Publications - 420
Citations - 16957
Albert N. Link is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Small Business Innovation Research. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 408 publications receiving 15766 citations. Previous affiliations of Albert N. Link include University of Alabama & Wake Forest University.
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Assessing the impact of organizational practices on the relative productivity of university technology transfer offices: an exploratory study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present quantitative and qualitative evidence on the relative productivity of university technology transfer offices (TTOs) and conclude that the most critical organizational factors are faculty reward systems, TTO staffing/compensation practices, and cultural barriers between universities and firms.
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Toward a model of the effective transfer of scientific knowledge from academicians to practitioners: qualitative evidence from the commercialization of university technologies.
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative analysis of the role of organizational practices in the successful knowledge transfer at research universities has been conducted based on 55 structured interviews of 98 UITT stakeholders associated with five US research universities.
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Commercial knowledge transfers from universities to firms: improving the effectiveness of university–industry collaboration
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the UITT process and its outcomes based on 98 structured interviews of key UITT stakeholders (i.e., university administrators, academic and industry scientists, business managers, and entrepreneurs) at five research universities in two regions of the US.
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In Search of the Meaning of Entrepreneurship
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors build a bridge between the popular and the academic usage of the terms entrepreneur and entrepreneurship, and identify the raw materials needed to construct an interpretive framework capable of illuminating the nature of entrepreneurship and its role in economic theory.
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An empirical analysis of the propensity of academics to engage in informal university technology transfer.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present empirical evidence on the determinants of three types of informal technology transfer by faculty members: transfer of commercial technology, joint publications with industry scientists, and industrial consulting.