University Invention, Entrepreneurship, and Start-Ups
January 01, 2005
This paper develops a game-theoretic model that predicts when a university invention is commercialized in a start-up firm rather than an established firm. The model predicts that university inventions are more likely to occur in start-ups when the technology transfer officers search cost is high, the cost of development or commercialization is lower for a start-up, or the inventors effort cost in development is lower in a start-up.
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