Determinants of licensing activities of local public technology centers in Japan

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 885-892

  Fukugawa, Nobuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Innovation; License; Patents; Regional innovation system; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

LICENSE; PATENT INVENTION; PATENTS; REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM; ROYALTY REVENUE; TECHNOLOGY CENTERS;

INNOVATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 70349770591     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Anderson T., Daim T., and Lavoie F. Measuring the efficiency of university technology transfer. Technovation 27 5 (2007) 306-318
2. Balconi M., Breschi S., and Lissoni F. Networks of inventors and the role of academia: an exploration of Italian patent data. Research Policy 33 (2004) 127-145
3. Cassi L., Corrocher N., Malerba F., and Vonortas N. Research networks as infrastructure for knowledge diffusion in European regions. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 17 7-8 (2008) 663-676
4. Chapple W., Lockett A., Siegel D., and Wright M. Assessing the relative performance of university technology transfer offices in the UK: parametric and non-parametric evidence. Research Policy 34 3 (2005) 369-384
5. Chukumba, C., Jensen, R., 2005. University invention, entrepreneurship, and start-ups. NBER Working Paper #11475.
6. Cohen W., and Levinthal D. Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly 35 1 (1990) 128-152
7. DiGregorio D., and Shane S. Why do some universities generate more start-ups than others?. Research Policy 32 2 (2003) 209-227
8. Dziczek K., Luria D., and Wiarda E. Assessing the impact of a manufacturing extension center. Journal of Technology Transfer 23 1 (1997) 29-35
9. Feller I., Glasmeier A., and Mark M. Issues and perspectives on evaluating manufacturing modernization programs. Research Policy 25 2 (1996) 309-319
10. Fukugawa N. Determining factors in innovation of small firm networks: a case of cross industry groups in Japan. Small Business Economics 27 2-3 (2006) 181-193
11. Fukugawa N. Evaluating the strategy of local public technology centers in regional innovation systems: evidence from Japan. Science and Public Policy 35 (2008) 159-170
12. Hassink R. Technology transfer infrastructures: some lessons from experiences in Europe, the US and Japan. European Planning Studies 5 3 (1997) 351-370
13. Izushi H. Impact of the length of relationships upon the use of research institutes by SMEs. Research Policy 32 (2003) 771-788
14. Izushi H. Creation of relational assets through the library of equipment model: an industrial modernization approach of Japan's local technology centers. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 17 (2005) 183-204
15. Jarmin R. Evaluating the impact of manufacturing extension on productivity growth. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 18 1 (1999) 99-119
16. Luria D., and Wiarda E. Performance benchmarking and measuring program impacts on customers: lessons from the Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center. Research Policy 25 (1996) 233-246
17. Markman G., Gianiodis P., Phan P., and Balkin D. Entrepreneurship from the Ivory tower: do incentive systems matter?. Journal of Technology Transfer 29 (2004) 353-364
18. Markman G., Phan P., Balkin D., and Gianiodis P. Entrepreneurship and university-based technology transfer. Journal of Business Venturing 20 (2005) 241-263
19. McAdam R., Keogh W., Galbraith B., and Laurie D. Defining and improving technology transfer business and management processes in university innovation centers. Technovation 25 12 (2005) 1418-1429
20. Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing, OTA-ITE-443 (1990), US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
21. Oldsman E. Does manufacturing extension matter? An evaluation of the industrial technology extension service in New York. Research Policy 25 (1996) 215-232
22. Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, 2000. Current status of local public technology centers, Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Tokyo.
23. Phan, P., Siegel, D., 2006. The effectiveness of university technology transfer: lessons learned, managerial and policy implications, and the road forward. Working Paper, available from 〈http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=900605〉 (accessed on 15 April 2009).
24. Powers J. Commercializing academic research: resource effects on performance of university technology transfer. Journal of Higher Education 74 1 (2003) 26-50
25. Rasmussen E., Moen O., and Gulbrandsen M. Initiatives to promote commercialization of university knowledge. Technovation 26 4 (2006) 518-533
26. Ruth K. Innovation policy for SME in Japan: the case of technology transfer centres. In: Storz C. (Ed). Small Firms and Innovation Policy in Japan (2006), Routledge, London 56-81
27. Shapira P. Modernizing small manufacturers in Japan: the role of local public technology centers. Journal of Technology Transfer Winter (1992) 40-57
28. Shapira P. US Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: technology policy reinvented?. Research Policy 30 6 (2001) 977-992
29. Shapira P., Roessner D., and Barke R. New public infrastructures for small firm industrial modernization in the USA. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 7 (1995) 63-84
30. Shapira P., Youtie J., and Roessner D. Current Practices in the evaluation of US industrial modernization programs. Research Policy 25 2 (1996) 185-214
31. Siegel D., Thursby J., Thursby M., and Ziedonis A. Organizational issues in university-industry technology transfer: an overview of the symposium issue. Journal of Technology Transfer 26 (2001) 5-11
32. Siegel D., Waldman D., and Link A. Assessing the impact of organizational practices on the relative productivity of university-based technology transfer offices: an exploratory study. Research Policy 32 (2003) 27-48
33. Siegel D., Wright M., Chapple W., and Lockett A. Assessing the relative performance of university technology transfer in the US and UK: a stochastic distance function approach. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 17 7-8 (2008) 717-729
34. Thursby J., Jensen R., and Thursby M. Objectives, characteristics and outcomes of university licensing: a survey of major US universities. Journal of Technology Transfer 26 (2001) 59-72
35. Thursby J., and Kemp S. Growth and productive efficiency of university intellectual property licensing. Research Policy 31 (2002) 109-124
36. Thursby J., and Thursby M. Who is selling the ivory tower? Sources of growth in university licensing. Management Science 48 1 (2002) 90-104