Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, argued that the increase in university patenting and licensing contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. Many observers have attributed this trend to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which facilitated patenting and licensing by universities. This book examines the conventional wisdom by adopting a more holistic point of view, examining the diverse channels within which commercialization has occurred throughout the 20th century and since the passage of the Act. Using quantitative analysis and detailed case studies to assess the effects of the Act, it concludes that universities must maintain their historic commitment to the free flow of knowledge to serve the global public interest and sustain their remarkable scientific and technological achievements of the past century.
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“This book addresses an important and timely topic which has garnered substantial interest among policymakers, academic analysts, and the broader scientific and technical community. It reflects over a decade of careful qualitative and quantitative research by these authors. This collection brings together their most interesting work in this important area.” —Scott Stern, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
"This clear and succinct volume convincingly overturns the conventional wisdom about university-industry relations in science and technology. The authors muster extensive historical and contemporary empirical evidence to build a robust and nuanced conception of the transfer of knowledge between the two sectors. This work warrants close attention from academic administrators, research managers, and public policy-makers in the U.S. and abroad."—David M. Hart, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"This splendid volume offers a nuanced and sophisticated assessment of the growing ties between universities and industry, arguing that public policy was a facilitator but not a catalyst and that university R&D faces threats from its growing proprietary emphasis. No student or analyst of the R&D process, or university administrator, should ignore the message of this book that the preeminence of U.S. universities rests upon a commitment to open science, and that it is precisely that openness that enhances industrial innovation."—Walter W. Powell, Stanford University, School of Education
"A welcome and thoughtful study that sheds light on an important contemporary policy area and reveals the facts behind some of the myths about successful technology transfer from university to industry in the United States. This book, written by some of the foremost experts in this area, should be required reading for all economists and policy makers concerned with innovation strategies."—Bronwyn Hall, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
"Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation is an enormously important book for the simple reason that it provides extensive credible empirical data that have been hitherto missing in debates on the effects of Bayh-Dole . . ."—Administrative Science Quarterly
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Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, argued that the increase in university patenting and licensing contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. Many observers have attributed this trend to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which facilitated patenting and licensing by universities. This book examines the conventional wisdom by adopting a more holistic point of view, examining the diverse channels within which commercialization has occurred throughout the 20th century and since the passage of the Act. Using quantitative analysis and detailed case studies to assess the effects of the Act, it concludes that universities must maintain their historic commitment to the free flow of knowledge to serve the global public interest and sustain their remarkable scientific and technological achievements of the past century.
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This review is from: Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act (Innovation and Technology in the World E) (Hardcover)
Mowery, Nelson, Sampat and Ziedonis do the world a favor by taking a remarkably impartial look at the effect of the odious, but well-meaning Bayh-Dole act. Their research is careful and thorough and really allows the reader to form his or her opinion on a political bill that reshaped American academic from 1980. My own opinion, that it legitimized the worm-rot that is destroying the foundations of a once great system is provided with plenty of ammunition, but those of the opposite persuasion, who mistakenly believe it responsible for Great Leaps Forward, will not find it wanting either. I predict in twenty years, way too late to save the situation, this book will be looked at as the first scholarly work on the dismantling of basic research in America. For a more sensational, but also well-researched book on the topic, try Jennifer Washburn's "University Inc. The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education".
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