The Chicago Handbook of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship

Albert N. Link, Donald S. Siegel, Mike Wright, Albert N. Link, Donald S. Siegel, Mike Wright

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9780226178486
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

As state support and federal research funding dwindle, universities are increasingly viewing their intellectual property portfolios as lucrative sources of potential revenue.  Nearly all research universities now have a technology transfer office to manage their intellectual property, but many are struggling to navigate this new world of university-industry partnerships. Given the substantial investment in academic research and millions of dollars potentially at stake, identifying best practices in university technology transfer and academic entrepreneurship is of paramount importance. The C hicago Handbook of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship is the first definitive source to synthesize state-of-the-art research in this arena. Edited by three of the foremost experts in the field, the handbook presents evidence from entrepreneurs, administrators, regulators, and professors in numerous disciplines. Together they address the key managerial and policy implications through chapters on how to sustain successful research ventures, ways to stimulate academic entrepreneurship, maintain effective open innovation strategies, and improve the performance of university technology transfer offices.A broad and ambitious work, the handbook offers comprehensive coverage for universities of all types, allowing them to confidently handle technology commercialization and further cultivate innovation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Title Page
• Contents
• Editors’ Introduction
• 1. University Technology Transfer Offices, Licensing, and Start-Ups
• 2. Open Science and Open Innovation: Sourcing Knowledge from Universities
• 3. Accountability, Government Rights, and the Public Interest: A Thirty-Year Retrospective
• 4. An Entrepreneur’s Guide to the University
• 5. Challenges in University Technology Transfer and the Promising Role of Entrepreneurship Education
• 6. Research, Science, and Technology Parks: Vehicles for Technology Transfer
• 7. University Patenting in Europe: Does Faculty Ownership of Intellectual Property Impede University Technology Transfer?
• 8. The Transition toward Entrepreneurial Universities: An Assessment of Academic Entrepreneurship in Italy
• 9. Northeastern University: A Study of Technology Transfer and the Academic Entrepreneur
• Notes
• List of Contributors
• Index