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Essays on the value of academic patents and technology transfer / Essais sur la valeur des brevets universitaires et le transfert de technologie

Around the world, knowledge and technology transfer have moved to the forefront of attention in economic, social and industrial policy. As the origins of future development increasingly derives from innovation, attention is paid more and more to non-traditional sources that have the potential to become the basis for creation of new businesses or the catalyser for the rejuvenation of old ones. Among those sources, we find university. These last years, academic patents have been one of the emerging phenomena witnessing the growing evolvement of university in the innovation process. The aim of this doctoral dissertation is to analyse the transfer of technology from university to industry through the analysis of patents. This work pursuits a threefold approach. First, it intends to analyse which characteristics determine the propensity of a university to get involved in technology transfer and more specifically to apply for a patent. Second, it disentangles the underlining value determinants of the patents to decode the value of academic patents and to identify the research processes that are leading to the most valuable inventions. Finally, it investigates the relevancy of academic patenting for innovation in general and wonders if on the long run, such practices could put innovation at risk. / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ulb.ac.be/oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210686
Date12 June 2007
CreatorsSapsalis, Eleftherios
ContributorsVan Pottelsberghe, Bruno, Harhoff, Dietmar, Belleflamme, Paul, Peeters, Carine, Capron, Henri, Cincera, Michele, Wilkin, Luc
PublisherUniversite Libre de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences sociales, politiques et économiques – Ecole de commerce Solvay, Bruxelles
Source SetsUniversité libre de Bruxelles
LanguageFrench
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, info:ulb-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, info:ulb-repo/semantics/openurl/vlink-dissertation
Format1 v. (310 p.), 10 full-text file(s): application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf | application/pdf
Rights10 full-text file(s): info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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