TY - JOUR
T1 - Commercial knowledge transfers from universities to firms
T2 - Improving the effectiveness of university-industry collaboration
AU - Siegel, Donald
AU - Waldman, David
AU - Atwater, Leanne E.
AU - Link, Albert N.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Nicholas Argyres, Susan Helper, Adam Jaffe, Julia Liebeskind, participants at the 1999 Academy of Management meetings in Chicago, and especially, Mike Wright, for their insightful comments and suggestions. We are also deeply indebted to the many administrators, scientists, managers, and entrepreneurs who agreed to be interviewed. Martha Cobb and Melissa Zidle provided capable research assistance. Financial support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Bureau of Economic Research is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - There has been a rapid rise in commercial knowledge transfers from universities to practitioners or university-industry technology transfer (UITT), through licensing agreements, research joint ventures, and start-ups. The purpose of this study was to analyze the UITT process and its outcomes. Based on 98 structured interviews of key UITT stakeholders (i.e., university administrators, academic and industry scientists, business managers, and entrepreneurs) at five research universities in two regions of the US, we conclude that these stakeholders have different perspectives on the desired outputs of UITT. More importantly, numerous barriers to effective UITT were identified, including culture clashes, bureaucratic inflexibility, poorly designed reward systems, and ineffective management of university technology transfer offices (TTOs). Based on this qualitative evidence, we provide numerous recommendations for improving the UITT process.
AB - There has been a rapid rise in commercial knowledge transfers from universities to practitioners or university-industry technology transfer (UITT), through licensing agreements, research joint ventures, and start-ups. The purpose of this study was to analyze the UITT process and its outcomes. Based on 98 structured interviews of key UITT stakeholders (i.e., university administrators, academic and industry scientists, business managers, and entrepreneurs) at five research universities in two regions of the US, we conclude that these stakeholders have different perspectives on the desired outputs of UITT. More importantly, numerous barriers to effective UITT were identified, including culture clashes, bureaucratic inflexibility, poorly designed reward systems, and ineffective management of university technology transfer offices (TTOs). Based on this qualitative evidence, we provide numerous recommendations for improving the UITT process.
KW - Commercial knowledge transfers
KW - Effectiveness
KW - University-industry collaboration
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U2 - 10.1016/S1047-8310(03)00007-5
DO - 10.1016/S1047-8310(03)00007-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037223877
SN - 1047-8310
VL - 14
SP - 111
EP - 133
JO - Journal of High Technology Management Research
JF - Journal of High Technology Management Research
IS - 1
ER -