To Patent or Not: Faculty Decisions and Institutional Success at Technology Transfer
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چکیده
We draw on qualitative data derived from field work on two university campuses to develop an explanation for widely disparate rates of new invention disclosure. We argue that faculty decisions to disclose are shaped by their perceptions of the benefits of patent protection. These incentives to disclose are magnified or minimized by the perceived costs of interacting with technology transfer offices and licensing professionals. Finally, faculty considerations of the costs and benefits of disclosure are colored by institutional environments that are supportive or oppositional to the simultaneous pursuit of academic and commercial endeavors. JEL Codes: L33 Boundaries of Public and Private Enterprise, M13 Entrepreneurship, M14 Corporate Culture, O31 Innovations and Invention: Processes and Incentives, O32 Management of Technological Innovation and R&D, O34 Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
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