The Impact of Technology Transfer Office Characteristics on University Invention Disclosure
The Impact of Technology Transfer Office Characteristics on University Invention Disclosure
复制标题
DOI：
10.1109/tem.2010.2048915
复制
发表时间：
2011-05
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Zibin Xu;M. Parry;Michael Song
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Zibin Xu;M. Parry;Michael Song
作者检查了教师对发明的披露，这是大学许可的重要先决条件。作者假设，发明公开 (ID) 是研发支出、教职人员规模、教职人员质量、特许权使用费份额以及技术转让办公室 (TTO) 独立于大学资助的一个渐增函数。作者还认为，由于 TTO 规模是 TTO 代理人研究专业知识的衡量标准，因此大型 TTO 应该能够与更广泛的教师建立更牢固的关系，这应该会吸引更多的教师公开发明。此外，建立如此牢固的 TTO-教师关系需要教师技能、兴趣和动机的隐性知识，而获得这些知识需要时间。因此，TTO 年龄也应该对 ID 有积极影响。对123个TTO的数据分析表明，ID数量与联邦研发支出和TTO规模正相关，与TTO资金独立性负相关。相比之下，仅在拥有小型 TTO 的大学中，教师规模、发明人的专利费份额以及 TTO 年龄与 ID 数量呈正相关且显着相关，而仅在拥有大型 TTO 的大学中，教师质量与 ID 数量呈显着正相关。
The authors examine faculty disclosure of inventions, which is an important precursor of university licensing. The authors hypothesize that invention disclosure (ID) is an increasing function of R&D expenditures, faculty size, faculty quality, royalty share, and technology transfer office (TTO) independence from university funding. The authors also argue that, because TTO size is a measure of TTO agent research expertise, large TTOs should be able to build stronger relationships with a broader range of faculty, which should attract more faculties to disclose inventions. In addition, the creation of such strong TTO-faculty relationships requires tacit knowledge of faculty skills, interests, and motivations, and the acquisition of this knowledge takes time. Thus, TTO age should also positively influence ID. Analysis of data from 123 TTOs indicates that the number of IDs is positively related with federal R&D expenditures and TTO size, and negatively related with TTO funding independence. In contrast, faculty size, royalty share to inventors, and TTO age are positively and significantly correlated with the number of IDs only among universities with small TTOs, while faculty quality is positively and significantly correlated with the number of IDs only among universities with large TTOs.