Crossing Death Valley Together: Industry-University Intellectual Property Dynamics

该奖项授予一项题为《一起跨越死亡谷：产学知识产权动态》的研究，该研究旨在系统地探讨产业界和大学之间围绕知识产权(IP)的组织级动态。虽然自1980年的《贝赫-多尔法案》以来，人们对知识产权的兴趣激增，但几乎所有关于知识产权的收集的数据都集中在总体上的积极方面；谈判的许可数量、专利或披露的数量、收入总额或推出的产品数量。关于什么不起作用、失败和紧张的关系，或者当前对知识产权的重视对更广泛的产学研关系的影响，几乎没有信息。这些材料将通过保密(即，非归因)、面对面的访谈收集，对于了解构成决策者理解的理由、期望、标准和比较是必不可少的。这项研究的来源将包括大学行政人员、教师和技术管理人员、负责与大学打交道的行业经理，以及对风险投资经理的有限采访。数据分析将集中于深入分析访谈材料的内容，以寻找基本的做法模式，以及统计数字，说明访谈的特点，并与现有的量化数据进行比较，包括AUTM调查和关于知识产权失败的信息。这项研究将与工业研究所和创新管理系统中心合作进行。

This award is for a study entitled "Crossing Death Valley Together: Industry-University Intellectual Property Dynamics" which is designed to provide a systematic inquiry into the organizational-level dynamics between industry and universities around intellectual property (IP). While interest in IP has soared since the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, virtually all data collected on IP centers on the positives in the aggregate; the number of licenses negotiated the number of patents or disclosures, the total number of revenues or number of products launched. There is little information on what doesn't work, failures and strained relationships, or the impact on broader industry-university relations on current emphasis on IP. The material will be gathered through confidential (i.e., not-for-attribution), face-to-face interviews essential to get at the rationales, expectations, criteria and comparisons that frame the decision-makers understandings. Sources for the study will include university administrators, faculty and technology management officers, industry managers responsible for dealing with universities and a limited number of interviews with venture capital managers. Data analysis will center on in-depth content analysis of interview materials in search of underlying models of practice together with statistics characterizing the interviews and comparisons with available quantitative data including AUTM surveys and information on IP failures. The research will be conducted with the cooperation with the Industrial Research Institute and the Center for Innovative Management Systems.