The debate on the entrepreneurial university has raised questions about what motivates academics to engage with industry. This paper provides evidence, based on survey data for a comprehensive sample of UK investigators in the physical and engineering sciences. Our results suggest that most academics engage with industry to further their research rather than to commercialize their knowledge. However, there are differences in terms of the channels of engagement. While patenting and spin-off company formation is motivated exclusively by commercialization, joint research, contract research and consulting are strongly informed by research-related motives. We conclude that policy should refrain from focusing on monetary incentives for industry e...
The emergence of a new mode of knowledge production, the formation of a ‘Triple Helix’ of university...
This paper employs the three concepts of ‘gold’ (financial rewards), ‘ribbon’ (reputational/career r...
AbstractA considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract res...
We argue that the current focus of the academic entrepreneurship literature, which is mostly on pate...
Why do university researchers decide to start-up a new venture? How can we distinguish between the d...
In recent years, there has been growing pressure on both universities and enterprises to intensify c...
In the past decades universities have progressively gained more attention for their roles as economi...
A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, c...
none16siWe present a systematic review of the literature on academic engagement, defined as academic...
The debate on the entrepreneurial university has raised questions about what motivates academics to ...
There is little evidence on the incentives and motivations for academics to get involved in the crea...
The emergence of a new mode of knowledge production, the formation of a ‘Triple Helix’ of university...
This paper employs the three concepts of ‘gold’ (financial rewards), ‘ribbon’ (reputational/career r...
AbstractA considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract res...
We argue that the current focus of the academic entrepreneurship literature, which is mostly on pate...
Why do university researchers decide to start-up a new venture? How can we distinguish between the d...
In recent years, there has been growing pressure on both universities and enterprises to intensify c...
In the past decades universities have progressively gained more attention for their roles as economi...
A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, c...
none16siWe present a systematic review of the literature on academic engagement, defined as academic...
The debate on the entrepreneurial university has raised questions about what motivates academics to ...
There is little evidence on the incentives and motivations for academics to get involved in the crea...
The emergence of a new mode of knowledge production, the formation of a ‘Triple Helix’ of university...
This paper employs the three concepts of ‘gold’ (financial rewards), ‘ribbon’ (reputational/career r...
AbstractA considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract res...