Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? Since 1975, universities have been much more aggressive than they previously were in trying to make money from their research an educational activities. Many institutions have launched vigorous patent licensing programs, for-profit...

A new kind of uprising at Berkeley -- The lessons of history -- The birth of the market-model U -- The republic of science in turmoil -- Are conflicts of interest hazardous to our health? -- The university as business -- Dreaming of Silicon Valley -- Paying more for less : the commercial squeeze...

We analyze more than 70 million scientific articles to characterize the gender dynamics of commercializing science. The double-digit gender gap we report is explained neither by the quality of the science nor its ex-ante commercial potential, and is widest among papers with female last authors...

Inventors generally know more about their inventions than what is written down in patent applications. Because they possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora (1995) and model firm-inventor cooperation in the...