If Star Scientists do not Patent: an Event History Analysis of Scientific Eminence and the Decision to Patent in the Academic World
This paper contributes to the debate upon the trade-off between science and technology by looking at how the scientific performances of a researcher relate ex-ante to his/her attitude to patent, during his/her academic career.
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ftp://ftp.unibocconi.it/pub/RePEc/cri/papers/WP169CalderiniFranzoniVezzulli.pdf