Incentives in University Technology Transfers

Abstract

There are two main ways in which the knowledge created in universities has been transferred to firms: licensing agreements and the creation of spin-offs. In this paper, we describe the main steps in the transfer of university innovations, the main incentive issues that appear in this process, and the contractual solutions proposed to address them.
Published as: Incentives in University Technology Transfers in International Journal of Industrial Organization , Vol. 28, No. 4, 362--367, January, 2010