TY - BOOK AU - Mowery,David C. TI - Ivory tower and industrial innovation: university-industry technology transfer before and after the Bayh-Dole act in the United States T2 - Innovation and technology in the world economy SN - 9780804796361 AV - T174 .I967 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford Business Books KW - Technology transfer KW - United States KW - Academic-industrial collaboration KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 2; b N2 - Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, have argued that this surge contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. And, many observers have attributed this trend to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. Using quantitative analysis and detailed case studies, this book tests that conventional wisdom and assesses the effects of the Act, examining the diverse channels through which commercialization has occurred over the 20th century and since the passage of th UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=946074&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -