Doctoral Dissertation Research in Science of Science and Innovation Policy: From the Lab to the Shelf-Changes in the Commercialization of Scientific Discoveries in the US and Japan

本研究以美日两国的经验为中心，探讨了科学知识商品化政策如何影响大学科学家对产学合作的认识和实践。它采用深入访谈的方法来描绘文化，组织网络，政策安排和科学careers.Intellectual Merit之间的相互关系这项研究有助于在美国和日本的科学社会学，大学-企业合作，科学和技术政策的文献。生物技术研究通常采用网络一级或政策一级的分析。虽然这些因素很重要，但研究并没有集中在这些因素与其他因素一起形成个人商业化选择的方式上。该项目比较了两个社会文化不同的网站，并侧重于有影响力的大学科学家的工作，语用学和职业生涯，以及他们与行业的合作。 它揭示了网络，文化，制度安排和政策产生美国和日本之间的商业化实践的显着和意想不到的差异的过程。更广泛的影响这项研究为政策制定者提供了一个独特的视角，在不同的文化和制度背景下，大学与企业合作的基层管理。 它为政策变化对科学家的潜在影响提供了新的见解，科学家是创新体系中日益重要的因素。

The project examines how policies regarding commercialization of scientific knowledge shape university scientists' perceptions and practices of university-industry collaboration, focusing on comparing the US and Japanese experiences. It uses in-depth interview methods to delineate the interrelationship between culture, organizational networks, policy arrangements and scientific careers.Intellectual Merit This research contributes to the literature on the sociology of science, university-firm collaboration, and science and technology policy in the United States and Japan. Studies of biotechnology usually use either a network level or a policy level analysis. Although these are important, research has not focused on the ways in which these factors, alongside others, come together to shape individual choices regarding commercialization. The project compares two socio-culturally different sites, and focuses on the work-pragmatics and careers of influential university scientists and their collaborations with industry. It sheds new light on the processes through which networks, culture, institutional arrangements and policy produce the striking and unexpected differences in commercialization practices between the US and Japan. Broader Impact The study offers policy-makers a unique perspective into the ground-level management of university-firm collaborations in different cultural and institutional contexts. It provides new insights into the potential impacts of policy change on scientists who are increasingly important elements of the innovation system.