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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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Determinants of effective knowledge transfer from academic researchers to industry practitioners
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Cross-organizational knowledge creation theory from the perspective of I-Ching: Case study in Chinese aerospace industry
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TL;DR: Analysis of the results suggests that seven certain stages can be especially indicative of cross-organizational knowledge creation, namely: demand codification; knowledge gain; knowledge digestion; knowledge sharing; knowledge propagation; knowledge spillover and knowledge ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the co-operation between universities and industry as a vehicle to improve innovation throughout the economy by means of knowledge and technology transfer, and examined the impact of collaboration between universities, industry and academia.
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The knowledge economy, innovation and the new challenges to universities: introduction to the special issue
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Researchers as enablers of commercialization at an entrepreneurial university
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored and visualized alternative ways that academic research can come into commercial use and suggested that both universities and policy should acknowledge alternative ways of commercialization of academic research instead of putting all efforts on trying to transform unwilling academic researchers into entrepreneurs.
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