The Knowledge Filter and Economic Growth: The Role of Scientist Entrepreneurship

This study examines the prevalence and determinants of the commercialization of research by university scientists funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Because the two publicly available modes of scientist commercialization - patents and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants - do not cover the full spectrum of commercializing activities undertaken by university scientists, the study also includes two additional measures obtained from detailed scientist interviews...

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Year of publication:	2005-04-10
Authors:	Audretsch, David B. ; Aldridge, Taylor ; Oetti, Alexander
Institutions:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena>
Subject:	Wissen \| Entrepreneurship \| Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung

Executive Summary
1. Introduction
Figure 1: University Patents as a Share of All Patents with Domestic Assignees
2. Scientist Commercialization of University Research
3. Measurement Issues
3.1 Patents
Figure 2: Patents by Institution and Gender
Figure 3: NCI Grant Award by Gender for Patenting Scientists
3.2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
4. Determinants of Scientist Commercialization
4.1 Main Factors
Social Capital
Scientist Commercialization Route
Technology Transfer Office
Scientific Human Capital
Resources
Scientist Life-Cycle
Locational and Institutional Contexts
5. Estimation of a Probit Model
Table 1: The Modes of Commercialization
Social Capital
Scientist Commercialization Route
Technology Transfer Office
Scientific Human Capital
Resources
Scientist Life-Cycle
Locational and Institutional Contexts
Table 2: Description of Independent Variables
Table 3: Means and Standard Devations of All Variables
Table 4: Simple Correlation Matrix
Figure 4: TTO Helpfulness to Scientist by Commercialization Mode
Figure 5: Scientist Commercialization Route by Commercialization Mode
Figure 6: Social Capital by Commercialization Mode
Table 5: Probit Regression Reesults Estimating Scientist Commercialization - Startups
Table 6: Probit Regression Reesults Estimating Scientist Commercialization -License
Table 7: Probit Regression Reesults Estimating Scientist Commercialization - Commercialize
Table 8: Probit Regression Reesults Estimating Scientist Commercialization - Patents
Table 9: Probit Regression Reesults Estimating Scientist Licensing by Helpfulness of TTO
6. Conclusions
References
Appendix A: Breakdown of Patents by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Classification

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