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Title

  • The determinants of faculty patenting behavior demographics or opportunities?

Summary

  • "We examine the individual, contextual, and institutional determinants of faculty patenting behavior in a panel dataset spanning the careers of 3,884 academic life scientists. Using a combination of discrete time hazard rate models and fixed effects logistic models, we find that patenting events are preceded by a flurry of publications, even holding constant time-invariant scientific talent and the latent patentability of a scientist's research. Moreover, the magnitude of the effect of this flurry is influenced by context --- such as the presence of coauthors who patent and the patent stock of the scientist's university. Whereas previous research emphasized that academic patenters are more accomplished on average than their non-patenting counterparts, our findings suggest that patenting behavior is also a function of scientific opportunities. This result has important implications for the public policy debate surrounding academic patenting"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Azoulay, Pierre
  • Ding, Waverly
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

  • -  Life sciences
  • -  Patents
  • -  Scientists

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 7/5/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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  • 2005618343

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Azoulay, Pierre, Waverly Ding, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. The Determinants of Faculty Patenting Behavior Demographics or Opportunities?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005618343/.

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Azoulay, P., Ding, W. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2005) The Determinants of Faculty Patenting Behavior Demographics or Opportunities?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005618343/.

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Azoulay, Pierre, Waverly Ding, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. The Determinants of Faculty Patenting Behavior Demographics or Opportunities?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005618343/>.