There has been a paucity of research to date that has explored whether incentive systems--in the form of monetary payments to inventors, their department or institution, or to university technology transfer office (UTTO) personnel--affect entrepreneurial activities at U.S. universities. To shed...

Faculty scientists often avoid disclosing their inventions to the university’s technology licensing office (TLO), opting instead to self-license their invention. As this paper argues, TLO’s can achieve full disclosure by allowing faculty scientists to self-license their invention in return...