The impact of academic patenting on university research and its transfer

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-68

  Crespi, Gustavo ^a   D'Este, Pablo ^b   Fontana, Roberto ^c   Geuna, Aldo ^d,e,f  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

^f GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Academic patenting; Complementarities among knowledge transfer activities; Crowding out in effect

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PATENTING; CROWDING OUT; CROWDING-OUT/IN EFFECT; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; U-SHAPED; UNIVERSITY RESEARCH;

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 78650692568     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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