Session Summary

Session Number:411
Session ID:S312
Session Title:Universities as a Source of New Technology
Short Title:Universities Bear Technology
Session Type:Division Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt West
Floor:LL2
Room:Acapulco
Time:Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Sponsors

BPS  (Ming-Jer Chen)BPS99@wharton.upenn.edu (215) 898-0018 

General People

Chair Ziedonis, Arvids A. U. of California, Berkeley ziedonis@haas.berkeley.edu (510)-642-8349 
Chair Bercovitz, Janet E. L. Duke U. Janetb@mail.duke.edu 919-660-7993 
Discussant Henderson, Rebecca  Massachusetts Institute of Technology rhenders@mit.edu 617-253-6618 
Discussant Greenstein, Shane M. Northwestern U. s-greenstein1@nwu.edu (847) 467-5672  

Submissions

Prior Knowledge and the Discovery of Enterpreneurial Opportunities 
Presenter Shane, Scott  Massachusetts Institute of Technology sshane@mit.edu 617-253-4417 
Modeling the Relative Performance of University Technology Transfer Offices: An Exploratory Study 
Presenter Link, Albert N. U. of North Carolina, Greensboro al-link@uncg.edu 336-334-5146 
Presenter Silberman, Jonathan  Arizona State U. jonathan.silberman@asu.edu 602-543-6203 
Presenter Atwater, Leanne E. Arizona State U., West atlxa@asuvm.inre.asu.edu (602) 543-6114 
Presenter Waldman, David A. Arizona State U., West david_waldman@fcgate.west.asu.edu (602) 543-6231 
Presenter Siegel, Donald  Arizona State U., West siegel@asuvm.inre.asu.edu (602)-543-6217 
The Geographic Reach of Market and Non-Market Channels of Technology Transfer: Evidence from the University of California and Stanford University 
Presenter Ziedonis, Arvids A. U. of California, Berkeley ziedonis@haas.berkeley.edu (510)-642-8349 
Presenter Mowery, David C. U. of California, Berkeley mowery@haas.berkeley.edu (510) 643-9992 
University Industry Technology Transfer: A Cross-Country Comparison 
Presenter Clausen, Nils Jul Odense U. njc@busieco.ou.dk 45-65-57-32-88 
Presenter Burton, Richard M. Duke U. rmb2@mail.duke.edu 602-543-6231 
Presenter Bercovitz, Janet E. L. Duke U. Janetb@mail.duke.edu 919-660-7993 

Abstract

The U.S. research university has played a central role in the evolution of the U.S. innovation system during this century. Although links between R&D in U.S. industry and research in U.S. universities have a long history, recent developments in this relationship, especially the growth in university patenting and licensing of technologies to private firms have attracted considerable attention. The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) reports that the number of universities with technology licensing and transfer offices increased from 25 in 1980 to 200 in 1990, and licensing revenues of the AUTM universities increased from $183 million to $318 million in the three years from 1991 to 1994 alone. As these data suggest, licensing is an increasingly important means by which industry is acquiring university technology. However, licensing is not the only way that industry obtains new technologies from universities. Industry sponsorship of research, hiring of university graduates, dissemination of research findings through publications and conferences all are channels by which university technology is commercialized. Moreover, new firm formation and even the emergence of new industries may result from university research. The papers presented at this symposium explore four factors that influence the flow of university technology to industry: organizational practices by university technology licensing offices, the geographic location of firms relative to universities, institutional differences across countries, and circumstances affecting the commercialization of university technology by entrepreneurs.