Collaborative research projects have emerged as a particular form of academia–industry
interaction. Over the past ten to fifteen years they have received increasing attention in the …

On the 30th anniversary of enactment of the Bayh–Dole Act in the US, we consider the
rationale for academic entrepreneurship and describe the evolving role of universities in the …

This paper investigates the impact of publicly funded university–industry collaboration on UK
firms' R&D effort. We test the hypotheses that project participation has a positive effect on …

While firms increasingly engage in formal alliances with universities, there is a lack of tools
to assess the outcomes of such collaborations. We propose a performance measurement …

We evaluate the impact of the EC's Seventh Framework Programme, a large-scale research
subsidy programme, on the innovation activities of subsidized firms, with a particular regard …

Purpose–Despite evaluating the performance of university-industry alliances being
extremely important, scholars have not developed any structured and commonly accepted …

Since the seminal work of Freeman (1987) on the Japanese national innovation system, the
number of contributions to the systems of innovation approach at a national, sectoral, and …

This paper reports results from a survey of 208 Italian faculty members, inventors of
university-owned patents, on their motivation to get involved in university patenting activities …

This paper focuses on Italian universities' patenting activities between 1965 and 2002 and
on the way they were affected by internal IPR regulations, set as part of broader responses …

One of the main challenges in technology transfer is to actively involve small and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs)—which are most in need of and benefit the most from collaborative …