In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Purpose Universities concerned with third mission activities are engines that increase
regional competitiveness since their primary role in the knowledge-based economy is to …

Purpose This study aims to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in efficiency
measurement within higher education (HE). Specifically, it seeks to gather all relevant …

In university technology transfer performance assessment, some variables, such as labor
and contracts, must be treated as integer-valued variables. Usually, the reference points …

Purpose The process of innovation in developing countries is different from that of
developed countries, with mature technologies often being adopted with limited success …

Technology transfer offices (TTOs) play an important role in innovation ecosystems. There is
a global strive to make these offices more efficient and improve their performance. This study …

Nearly 40 years ago Congress laid the foundation for federal agencies to engage in
technology transfer activities with a primary goal to make federal laboratory research …

University‐business collaborations (UBCs) are widely recognised as a key component
within the sustainability effort, yet the literature on how we articulate the value which …

Using data from the UK, this study explores the institutional and environmental factors that
influence universities' efficiency in knowledge transfer. While studies of universities' …

Research has shown that university technology transfer offices (TTOs) learn through
experimentation and failure, and by sharing these experiences with others. There are many …