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Investigating academics’ industry engagement through survey data
No full textOver the past thirty years, the attention toward the commercialization of knowledge developed within universities has increased dramatically. Universities are a prototype for knowledge-intensive organizations and as such they provide lines of discovery and analysis that help scholars understand broader research commercialization dynamics, including open innovation, organizational change and individual entrepreneurial behavior. Yet researchers also face challenges that are specific to this type of organization. This workshop aims to continue the rich discussion from the 2007 and 2008 AOM Annual Meetings. Our aim in this year’s session is to provide the opportunity for participants to learn about approaches, data sources and methods available for the study of universities. Approaches, data and methods used by researchers in this field vary widely. We therefore see this PDW as providing a one-stop-shop for both early career and more experienced faculty researchers to gain an overview on recent developments and future challenges in this area
The diversity of academic entrepreneurship: evidence from the EU
No full textThe diversity of academic entrepreneurship: evidence from the E
Research on university research commercialization: approaches, methodologies, and data sources, Professional Development Workshop at Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, Canada
No full textOver the past thirty years, the attention toward the commercialization of knowledge developed within universities has increased dramatically. Universities are a prototype for knowledge-intensive organizations and as such they provide lines of discovery and analysis that help scholars understand broader research commercialization dynamics, including open innovation, organizational change and individual entrepreneurial behavior. Yet researchers also face challenges that are specific to this type of organization. This workshop aims to continue the rich discussion from the 2007 and 2008 AOM Annual Meetings. Our aim in this year’s session is to provide the opportunity for participants to learn about approaches, data sources and methods available for the study of universities. Approaches, data and methods used by researchers in this field vary widely. We therefore see this PDW as providing a one-stop-shop for both early career and more experienced faculty researchers to gain an overview on recent developments and future challenges in this area
Attention to Exploration: The Effect of Academic Entrepreneurship on the Production of Scientific Knowledge
Full text linkWe study how becoming an entrepreneur affects academic scientists' research. We propose that entrepreneurship will shift scientists' attention away from intradisciplinary research questions and toward new bodies of knowledge relevant for downstream technology development. This will propel scientists to engage in exploration, meaning they work on topics new to them. In turn, this shift toward exploration will enhance the impact of the entrepreneurial scientist's subsequent research, as concepts and models from other bodies of knowledge are combined in novel ways. Entrepreneurship leads to more impactful research, mediated by exploration. Using panel data on the full population of scientists at a large research university, we find support for this argument. Our study is novel in that it identifies a shift of attention as the mechanism underpinning the beneficial spillover effects from founding a venture on the production of public science. A key implication of our study is that commercial work by academics can drive fundamental advances in science
Through the looking glass: Status spillovers across social boundaries
No full textThis study explores how and under what conditions the social status acquired in a field may influence status judgments in another field. We focus on scientists’
involvement with industry and predict that academic status will be partially recognized
by private research funders. Yet, such status spillovers are not unconditional, but may
vary with the credentials scientists have accumulated in industry and the experience
funders have acquired of academia. We test and find strong support for our theory on the
full population of scientists at Imperial College London from 2004 to 2011. Contributions
to the literatures on social status and organization theory are briefly discussed in
conclusion
Hybrid academic entrepreneurship and scientific productivity: evidence from Imperial College London
No full textResearch on universities and commercialization: Contributions to management research. Professional Development Workshop at Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, USA
No full textUniversities have long been an interesting setting to study some relevant management issues. A large body of research has shed light on processes including technology commercialization, academic entrepreneurship and university-industry collaboration. While much of the existing work has focused on documenting empirical relationships and phenomena, this workshop centers on different theoretical lenses that may be useful in examining such phenomena and addresses how research on universities may yield more general theoretical contributions to the management literature. We provide an opportunity for participants to learn about recent work that draws on and extends theories in areas such as entrepreneurship, teamwork, creativity, decision making, institutional change and strategy. The workshop also aims to continue the discussions from previous AOM Annual Meetings, centering on universities as settings that are in themselves of high interest to management scholars, but also as settings to generate and test more general management theories publishable in top journals. This PDW will be useful to both early career and more experienced faculty to learn about recent theoretical developments and future challenges in this area
II Dime Workshop - Universities on a third mission: external engagement and entrepreneurship by academic researchers, Alma Graduate School Bologna
No full textThe objective of this two-day workshop is to assess the state of the art of the research focusing on external engagement and knowledge transfer activities by academic researchers
Are public subsidies effective for university spinoffs? Evidence from SBIR awards in the University of California system
Full text linkThis study examines the impact of public subsidies, and specifically, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards on university spinoff companies. Using unique data for a population of University of California spinoffs, we find pronounced differences between companies commercializing digital technologies (software and hardware), and those that focus on other product spaces. For digital spinoffs, receiving an SBIR award has a negative impact on raising venture capital and no impact on IPOs, exits or first sales. Conversely, for non-digital firms (e.g., biotechnology, energy), receiving an SBIR award has a positive effect on raising venture capital and performance outcomes. We reason that digital technologies are subject to faster cycle times and higher market uncertainty, relative to technological uncertainty. Digital firms may therefore benefit less from subsidies designed to support technology development, and private investors may view the need of digital companies to obtain such subsidies as a negative certification. Our findings inform policy by suggesting that the industrial domain may be an important boundary condition for the effectiveness of SBIR-type subsidies for university spinoffs
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