Commercialising public research : new trends and strategies /

Public research is the source of many of today's technologies from the GPS and MRI to MP3 technology. Public research institutions (PRIs) and universities are also an engine of entrepreneurial ventures from biotech start-ups to Internet giants like Google. Today, globalisation, open innovation...

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Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; OECD iLibrary.
Published: OECD,
Publisher Address: Paris :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Public research is the source of many of today's technologies from the GPS and MRI to MP3 technology. Public research institutions (PRIs) and universities are also an engine of entrepreneurial ventures from biotech start-ups to Internet giants like Google. Today, globalisation, open innovation and new forms of venture financing such as crowd funding are changing the way institutions promote the transfer and commercialisation of public researcher results. This report describes recent trends in government and university level policies to enhance the transfer and exploitation of public research and benchmarks the patenting and licensing activities of PRIs and universities in a number of OECD countries and regions, including the EU, Australia, Canada, and the US. Finally, it also showcases, based on case studies of leading institutions in Finland (Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship), Germany (Fraunhofer Institute), the Czech Republic (Technology Transfer Office of the Czech Technical University), Japan (open innovation in firms), United States (National Institutes of Health) a number of good practices for increasing the number of university invention disclosures, accelerate licensing contracts and promote more open innovation practices between universities and firms.
Item Description: "This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.
OECD code: 92 2013 03 1 P.
"This report was drafted by members of the Secretariat, principally by Daniel Kupka ..."--Foreword.
Carrier Form: 130 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789264193314 :
9264193316
Index Number: Q180
CLC: F8-3
F7-3
Call Number: F7-3/C734
Contents: Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Knowledge transfer channels and the commercialisation of public research -- Benchmarking knowledge transfer and commercialisation -- Policies to enhance the transfer and commercialisation of public research -- Financing of public research-based spin-offs -- Looking ahead: National policy implications -- National periodic surveys and institutional data on patent applications and industry-university co-publications -- Selected national programmes to support knowledge transfer and commercialisation of public research.