Showing papers by "Rosa Grimaldi published in 2007"
TL;DR: Findings show that respondents get involved in patenting activities to enhance their prestige and reputation, and look for new stimuli for their research; personal earnings do not represent a main incentive.
Abstract: This paper reports results from a survey of 208 Italian faculty members, inventors of university-owned patents, on their motivation to get involved in university patenting activities, the obstacles that they faced, and their suggestions to foster the commercialization of academic knowledge through patents. Findings show that respondents get involved in patenting activities to enhance their prestige and reputation, and look for new stimuli for their research; personal earnings do not represent a main incentive. University-level patent regulations reduce the obstacles perceived by inventors, as far as they signal universities’ commitment to legitimate patenting activities. Implications for innovation policies are discussed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the complete set of 42 regulations issued by Italian universities to manage patenting activities, after being given more autonomy in several areas, from staff recruitment to students' curricula.
Abstract: Using a neo-institutional perspective, we analyse the complete set of 42 regulations issued by Italian universities to manage patenting activities, after being given more autonomy in several areas, from staff recruitment to students' curricula. In a few years, patenting gained legitimation through a mimesis of the most visible and prestigious institutions. When a new IP law granting IPRs on public employees' inventions to the employees themselves was issued, the universities failed to comply, or did so formally, and they designed effective incentives for the inventors to grants IPRs to their institution, too. Also, we found instances for a normative isomorphism.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present empirical analyses based on a sample of 88 academic entrepreneurs, founders of 47 academic spin-offs, and show that industry experience and sector commercialization opportunities are considered a relevant source of opportunity recognition, while university level related factors are perceived as less important, if compared to other technological and environmental characteristics.
Abstract: The important role that academic spin-offs have in supporting technological growth has been widely acknowledged. Despite the growing interest in the study of academic spin-offs, there is little evidence on the psychological characterization of academic entrepreneurs and their behaviours in transferring university technology. In this paper, we study the recognition of opportunities for commercially exploiting a given technological knowledge developed within universities. We first review the previous studies that have analysed the factors influencing the ability of new venture founders to recognize and develop opportunities, we then develop a framework addressing the opportunity recognition process. We present empirical analyses based on a sample of 88 academic entrepreneurs, founders of 47 academic spin-offs. Our results show that industry experience and sector commercialization opportunities are considered a relevant source of opportunity recognition, while university level related factors are perceived as less important, if compared to other technological and environmental characteristics. Managerial implications are discussed.
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