tech transfer

Based on interviews with 128 university technology transfer offices (UTTO) directors, we show that whereas for-profit UTTO structures are positively related to new venture formation, traditional university and nonprofit UTTO structures are more likely to correlate with the presence of university-based business incubators.

This article examines the evidence behind claims that innovation is hindered or blocked (termed technology suppression) by corporations’ use of patents.

It is often argued that multinationals are reluctant to transfer technology due to the fear of spillovers, according to the authors. The paper demonstrates that this need not be the case if host country policies like taxation are taken into account. The authors examine the incentives the multinational and the host country have to engage in an international joint venture.

This descriptive paper is part of a large project aiming at exploring the factors determining the propensity of Swiss science institutions to interact with private enterprises in Switzerland (universities and other research institution), i.e. to get involved in knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) activities.

This study explores the factors determining the propensity of Swiss firms to interact with public science institutions in Switzerland (universities and other research institution), i.e. to get involved in knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) activities in order to gain new tacit and/or codified scientific knowledge in research fields which are relevant for their own innovation activities.

The authors study technology transfer (TT) in a duopoly model with heterogeneous goods under quantity and price competition. They prove that some but not all the properties of TT under homogeneous goods are preserved in their framework.

The European Union accomplished its biggest enlargement process in 2004 in terms of the number of countries, area, and population. This study focuses on the impact of enlargement, the resulting technology transfer on the grain sectors of the New Member States and the consequent welfare implications.

This article analyzes a sample of contracts that includes transfers of technology to Spanish subsidiaries in 1991. First, know-how is more likely transmitted within multinationals than between unrelated firms, highlighting the key role of multinationals in the diffusion of tacit knowledge.

The authors consider the managerial and policy implications of the rise of spin-offs at public research institutions, based on a knowledge-based view of the firm. This framework highlights the importance of knowledge in the creation and development of spin-offs.

The author examines the welfare effects of a transfer of pollution abatement technology in a two-country model. In each country, one industry discharges pollution as a byproduct of output, and the sum of domestic and cross-border pollution decreases the productivity of the other industry.