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Academic Engagement and Commercialisation: A Review of the Literature on University-Industry Relations
Markus Perkmann,Valentina Tartari,Maureen McKelvey,Erkko Autio,Erkko Autio,Anders Broström,Pablo D'Este,Riccardo Fini,Riccardo Fini,Aldo Geuna,Rosa Grimaldi,Alan Hughes,Michael Kitson,Stefan Krabel,Patrick Llerena,Francesco Lissoni,Francesco Lissoni,Ammon Salter,Maurizio Sobrero +18 more
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In this paper, the authors present a systematic review of research on academic scientists' involvement in collaborative research, contract research, consulting and informal relationships for university-industry knowledge transfer, which they refer as academic engagement.Abstract:
A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, consulting and informal relationships for university-industry knowledge transfer. We present a systematic review of research on academic scientists’ involvement in these activities to which we refer as ‘academic engagement’. Apart from extracting findings that are generalisable across studies, we ask how academic engagement differs from commercialization, defined as intellectual property creation and academic entrepreneurship. We identify the individual, organizational and institutional antecedents and consequences of academic engagement, and then compare these findings with the antecedents and consequences of commercialization. Apart from being more widely practiced, academic engagement is distinct from commercialization in that it is closely aligned with traditional academic research activities, and pursued by academics to access resources supporting their research agendas. We conclude by identifying future research needs, opportunities for methodological improvement and policy interventions. (Published version available via open access)read more
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Engagement of academics in education-driven university-business cooperation: a motivation-based perspective
Abstract: The importance of university-business cooperation (UBC) continues to grow. To date, however, our understanding of UBC in education is lacking, as is our knowledge of the motivations of academics. This research explores a comprehensive mix of motivations underlying education-driven UBC in the form of student mobility, curriculum design and delivery, and lifelong learning. Specifically, drawing on self-determination theory, motivations across five orientations are examined, namely monetary, career, research, educational and social. Based on an extensive and wide-reaching European survey, this research demonstrates the context-specific nature of academic motivations for UBC in education. Not only do the motivations differ from those commonly noted in relation to commercialisation, the set of motivations varies across different education-driven activities. This research offers important contributions to theory and practice, revealing that academics are motivated more strongly by intrinsic than extrinsic reasons, with only social and educational orientations emerging as significant motivations across all four activities.
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Entrepreneurial activities and models of advanced European science and technology universities
TL;DR: In this article, a broad set of entrepreneurial activities; different university entrepreneurial models; and the entrepreneurial best practices of advanced European S&T universities are identified, and the effectiveness of the identified entrepreneurial models in supporting entrepreneurship and local economic development is assessed.
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Patent management by universities: evidence from Italian academic inventions
TL;DR: In this article, a longitudinal sample of Italian academic patents (patents over faculty's inventions), assigned either to universities or firms, was used to find that the lower value of university-owned patents versus firm-owned ones is owing to lower Technological Importance of the inventions and less effective Exploitation of the related patents.
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Responsible research and innovation: hopes and fears in the scientific community in Europe
Martin Carrier,Minea Gartzlaff +1 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted interviews among some 80 researchers and research executives on their understanding of and their attitudes toward "Responsible Research and Innovation" (RRI), the relevant notion of RRI.
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The role of university Knowledge Transfer Offices: Not just commercialize research outputs!
Ruoying Zhou,Puay Tang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of university knowledge transfer office (KTO) in the commercialization process as part of the Third Mission is explored, and the relationship between a range of Third Mission activities by university KTO and performance of three key business-community services is explored.
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