tech transfer

This study analyses the role of open services markets in the transfer and diffusion of technology from developed countries to developing countries. It explores how trade in services increases exposure to foreign technologies. The report shows that emphasis should be placed on services in the debate on trade and growth and that services liberalisation in key sectors, which facilitate the exchange of knowledge between foreign and domestic companies, can have a significant impact on technology diffusion.

The authors review and synthesize papers related to the effectiveness of university technology transfer and present some pointed recommendations on how to enhance effectiveness. They conjecture that business schools are best positioned to address these skill and educational deficiencies through the delivery of targeted programs to technology licensing officers and members of the campus community wishing to launch startup firms.

The authors review and synthesize papers related to the effectiveness of university technology transfer and present some pointed recommendations on how to enhance effectiveness. They conjecture that business schools are best positioned to address these skill and educational deficiencies through the delivery of targeted programs to technology licensing officers and members of the campus community wishing to launch startup firms.

This paper considers the social costs of the patenting system, as well as its advantages, in order to guide such decisions. More specifically, it considers and checks the old and new criticism of this system. The authors propose to reassess the theoretical social value of patenting through a model founded on the approach adopted by these more empirical and conceptual studies.

This GAO report examines the DODs procedures in the production of lists of critical technologies. The Militarily Critical Technologies Program’s process for updating the MCTL and DSTL has generated lists that are of questionable value. These lists are mostly used to make decisions about export controls, but also in counterintelligence. The GAO is recommending that DOD take several actions to better ensure that efforts to identify critical technologies meet user requirements. The DOD concurred with the recommendations.

The TECH research network collected patient-level data on three procedures for treatment of heart attack patients for seventeen countries over an eighteen year period to examine the impact of economic and institutional factors on technology adoption. Specific institutional factors are shown to be important to the up-take of these technologies. The impact of income and institutional characteristics on the utilization rates of these procedures diminishes over time.

Highlights of the FY04 survey include: Research funding at U.S. institutions was up 7.1 percent and staffing levels were up 4.9 percent to an average 4.3 licensing FTEs per office; Invention disclosures among U.S. institutions increased to 16,871, up 8.8 percent, while patents issued decreased 6.4 percent to 3,680.

According to the author, archaic tax laws need to be revised together with more enlightened tax administration to implement and encourage technology transfer to bring about a rising economy of increased wages and corporate profits producing the income and tax revenues needed to reduce the deficits and meet the demands of our new economy.

The study from the Association of Academic Health Centers reviews the academic-industrial and governmental partnership created by the act and issues of debate and conflict that surround this legislation so often credited with advancing the
commercialization of research and opening an era of technology transfer.

The report highlights models of university tech transfer and commercialization, related efforts such as entrepreneurship programs, and the infrastructure and environment needed to support commercialization efforts in Connecticut.