Assessing the relative performance of U.K. university technology transfer offices: parametric and non-parametric evidence

Chapple, W; Lockett, Andy; Siegel, Donald S.; Wright, Mike

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2005.01.007

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“…It confirms partially the results of previous studies (e.g. Thursby and Kemp, 2002;Chapple et al, 2005), while contrasting with the findings in Siegel et al (2003) and Siegel et al (2008). However, in France, this negative effect is ascribed to an excessive "local competition" presumably concentrated on the medical school and the university-related hospital.…”

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“…Previous studies on the performance of TTOs (e.g., Siegel et al, 2003Chapple et al, 2005, Siegel et al, 2008 investigated the presence of returns to scale at local level with the aim of finding whether an increase or reduction of the scale could improve the efficiency of the unit. They showed that TTOs are more likely to work at constant or decreasing returns to scale.…”

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University Technology Transfer: How (In-)Efficient are French Universities?

2012

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This paper presents the first assessment of the efficiency of the technology transfer operated by the French university system and its main determinants. The analysis is based on a detailed and original database of 51 TTOs, categorized by type of university they belong to, over the period 2003-2007. Overall, we find a low level of efficiency and both intra-category and inter-categories efficiency variation. The analysis of determinants showed that French TTOs efficiency depends extensively on the nature of the category (with universities specialised in science and engineering being the most efficient ones), on institutional and environmental characteristics. We found that both the seniority of TTO and size of the university have a positive effect. In terms of environmental variables, the intensity of R&D activity (both private and public) has a positive impact; however, in terms of growth rate, only the Private R&D activity seems to be the main driver. Lastly, we find that the presence of a university-related hospital is detrimental for the efficiency. An extended discussion of the results within the existing literature is also offered.

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University Technology Transfer: How (In-)Efficient are French Universities?

2012

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“…The measures equally weight six indicators of technology transfer effectiveness: (i) the number of invention disclosures, (ii) the number of US patent applications filed, (iii) the number of technology licenses and options executed, (iv) the number of technology licenses and options yielding income, (v) the number of start-up companies spun off the university and (vi) the total amount of technology licensing royalties earned per year. Most works on technology transfer involving university (e.g., Bray and Lee, 2000;Liu and Jiang, 2001;Chapple et al, 2005) highlight the complexity of the process involving highly complex, recursive and dynamic activities combined with a range of diverse and often conflicting stockholders.…”

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Industry work experience and inventive capacity of South African academic researchers

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Pouris

2007

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The inventive capacity of South African universities and researchers is investigated through analysis of university patent applications. Patent applications to the South African Patent office from 1996 to 2006 are used as an indicator of inventive capacity.The investigation determines, for the first time, patenting activities of local universities at the South African Patent Office for the past 10 years and it identifies the performance of faculties and departments. We suggest that patent analysis of local patent offices in developing countries provides a more comprehensive picture of inventive activity than the analyses in the main patent offices in USA and Europe.The assertion that industrial experience affects the inventiveness of academic staff is also investigated. The study finds that most inventors or co-inventors held at least one position in industry, or in some cases, specialized parastatals (non-university institutions) prior to patent application. The study supports the idea that experience and the professional trajectory of scientists through migration from industry to university leads to an increase of researchers' scientific and technical human capital which is convertible into high performance or inventive capacity. We argue that this linkage is valid equally in developed and developing countries (like South Africa) and that universities internationally wishing to improve their entrepreneurial character should aim to employ academic with industrial prior experience.

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“…Journal Acworth (2008) Research Policy Albors et al (2006) Journal of Technology Transfer Bach et al (2002) Journal of Technology Transfer Backman et al (2007) R&D Management Bathelt et al (2010) Technovation Becker & Gassmann (2006) Journal of Technology Transfer Bessant (1999) Research Policy Bianchi et al (2011) R&D Management Boehm & Hogan (2014) Journal of Technology Transfer Cacciatori (2008) Research Policy Chapple et al (2005) Research Policy Daellenbach & Davenport (2004) Journal of Technovation Kingsley et al (1996) Research Policy Lal (1999) Research Policy Leitch & Harrison (2005) R&D Management Link & Scott (2004) Journal of Journal of Technology Transfer Roessner et al (2010) Journal of Technology Transfer Ruan et al (2014) Technovation…”

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A review of qualitative case methods trends and themes used in technology transfer research

2016

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The focus of this paper is to review the qualitative case methods that have been used in technology transfer research over the last 20 years from 1996 to 2015. Qualitative case methods allow for more in-depth analyses and provide the opportunity to place research into a certain context due to the selection of e.g. specific sectors, institutions, countries, etc. Using a systematic literature review of five of the top journals in the field of technology transfer research, namely Journal of Technology Transfer, Research Policy, Science and Public Policy, R&D Management and Technovation, it yielded 107 articles using the search terms: "Technology Transfer" AND ("Case Study" OR "Case Method" OR "Qualitative"). Our findings found a clustering of themes using qualitative case methods around technology transfer mechanisms and TTOs, academic entrepreneurship, university-industry collaboration, commercialization as well as R&D and firm knowledge transfer. We also identify trends in case method technology transfer research with respect to authorship, location of papers, sectoral contexts, data collection, numbers of cases and data analysis software. We conclude our paper discussing the implications of trends and themes and suggest that researchers need to reflect on used terminology to describe qualitative case methods and their utilization. We conclude by postulating a to advance technology transfer researcher further there is a need for more plurality of data collection methods for qualitative case methods research.

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Assessing the relative performance of U.K. university technology transfer offices: parametric and non-parametric evidence

Cited by 382 publications

References 18 publications

University Technology Transfer: How (In-)Efficient are French Universities?

University Technology Transfer: How (In-)Efficient are French Universities?

Industry work experience and inventive capacity of South African academic researchers

A review of qualitative case methods trends and themes used in technology transfer research

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