Does inventor ownership encourage university research-derived entrepreneurship? A six university comparison

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1100-1112

  Kenney, Martin ^a   Patton, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayh Dole Act; Entrepreneurship; Inventor ownership; University technology licensing

Indexed keywords

BAYH-DOLE ACT; BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INVENTOR OWNERSHIP; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; SPIN OFF; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; UNIVERSITY INVENTIONS; UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS; UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY LICENSING;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 80051552782     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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