Innovation is a central mechanism in the progression of society and often captures the imagination and enthusiasm of corporate leaders, public policy makers, and so on. However, the cultural, political and social complexities of innovation that extend beyond economic and technological contexts...

Profiting from technological innovation is a key strategic challenge in technology-intensive industries. This book presents a multidisciplinary view of issues in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship.

This volume of 12 chapters contains some of the latest research on university-based technology transfer, intellectual property issues, and the entrepreneurship program/technology transfer interface. Eleven of the papers are from the Colloquium on Entrepreneurship Education and Technology...

Toward measuring the social and economic value of university innovation : a survey of the literature / Matthew M. Mars, Janet Bercovitz, Barclay E. James -- Tracking the placement of students as a measure of technology transfer / Paula E. Stephan -- Measuring the social value of innovation : the...