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Laboratory of Technology Policy
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 Fostering entrepreneurship at the University
The role of intellectual property protection in strengthening the impact of European universities and in preserving their institutional integrity has been analysed in the context of a technology transfer model that represents the interactions between universities and the market. The analysis is presented with the background of the new growth theories, which differentiate knowledge from objects, namely in terms of the level of exclusion and rivalry in consumption. As a consequence, various elements that are to be considered in the decision to protect intellectual property have been discussed and policy implications for the European universities derived. The key idea relates to the rationale for undertaking intellectual property measures at universities, namely as a complement to traditional types of research and as an effort to clarify the role of the university (defining the boundaries of academic activities), but, above all, as a critical element to promote the diffusion on new products in the market place.
Conceicão, Heitor and Oliveira (1999), Technovation [download paper]
Conceicão, Heitor and Oliveira (1999), In "Technology Transfer", Kluwer Publ.
Protecting intellectual property at the University [download presentation]
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