Why university inventions rarely produce income? Bottlenecks in university technology transfer

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-363

  Swamidass, Paul M ^a   Vulasa, Venubabu ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayh Dole Act; Bottleneck in technology transfer; Federal sponsored research policy; High technology marketing; Staffing of UOTT; University office of technology transfer (UOTT); University technology transfer

Indexed keywords

BAYH-DOLE ACT; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH POLICIES; STAFFING OF UOTT; UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (UOTT); UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMERCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 67349191624     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-008-9097-8     Document Type: Article

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