Academic careers, patents, and productivity: industry experience as scientific and technical human capital

Dietz, James S.; Bozeman, Barry

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2005.01.008

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“…which have to be combined with other resources to generate novel and useful product or process. Our findings are similar to those of Dietz and Bozeman (2005) supporting the view that the intersectoral job change by researchers from industries to universities is associated with the spillover of industry-specific human capital (learned and accumulated over time through working experience) to universities.…”

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“…A research similar to ours conducted by Dietz and Bozeman (Dietz and Bozeman, 2005) found a correlation between academic researchers patent and publication productivity and their previous work experience in industry and government. The authors argued that the effect of industry work experience is to increase both the social networks and scientific and technical human capital of researchers.…”

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Industry work experience and inventive capacity of South African academic researchers

Lubango

Pouris

2007

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The inventive capacity of South African universities and researchers is investigated through analysis of university patent applications. Patent applications to the South African Patent office from 1996 to 2006 are used as an indicator of inventive capacity.The investigation determines, for the first time, patenting activities of local universities at the South African Patent Office for the past 10 years and it identifies the performance of faculties and departments. We suggest that patent analysis of local patent offices in developing countries provides a more comprehensive picture of inventive activity than the analyses in the main patent offices in USA and Europe.The assertion that industrial experience affects the inventiveness of academic staff is also investigated. The study finds that most inventors or co-inventors held at least one position in industry, or in some cases, specialized parastatals (non-university institutions) prior to patent application. The study supports the idea that experience and the professional trajectory of scientists through migration from industry to university leads to an increase of researchers' scientific and technical human capital which is convertible into high performance or inventive capacity. We argue that this linkage is valid equally in developed and developing countries (like South Africa) and that universities internationally wishing to improve their entrepreneurial character should aim to employ academic with industrial prior experience.

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Industry work experience and inventive capacity of South African academic researchers

Lubango

Pouris

2007

Technovation

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“…This leads us to support the validity of Dietz and Bozeman's (2005) (1) Excluding responses of 'not applicable' and missing values (2)…”

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“…We are interested to know how individuals make these choices, about the implications for the partner organizations and for the sustainability of the CRC as an enduring organizational structure. At a broader level we believe this analysis can inform the proposition presented by Dietz and Bozeman (2005) that academic careers are changing in some fundamental way.…”

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Reward, risk and response in Australian cooperative research centres

Turpin

Garrett-Jones

2010

IJTTC

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Cooperative research centres are a well-established organizational embodiment of the 'triple helix' . As complex inter-organizational structures they are subject to diverse management strategies. The imperatives that drive their strategic plans and their impact on partner organizations and the careers of the scientists who work within them are not well understood. We examine 370 participants' experience in Australian Cooperative Research Centres and consider their effect on personnel and organizations in the public research system. We propose that a necessary part of management strategies is the negotiation and reconciliation of risk and reward for partner organizations and careers of participating scientists. Achieving a sustainable strategy carries implications for change within the partner organizations and for the endurance of CRCs as organizational arrangements. These emergent triple helix structures can be harbingers of change not just for the alternative institutional structures they present and the partner organizations, but also for the careers of scientists. Abstract: Cooperative research centres are a well-established organizational embodiment of the 'triple helix'. As complex inter-organizational structures they are subject to diverse management strategies. The imperatives that drive their strategic plans and their impact on partner organizations and the careers of the scientists who work within them are not well understood. We examine 370 participants' experience in Australian Cooperative Research Centres and consider their effect on personnel and organizations in the public research system. We propose that a necessary part of management strategies is the negotiation and reconciliation of risk and reward for partner organizations and careers of participating scientists. Achieving a sustainable strategy carries implications for change within the partner organizations and for the endurance of CRCs as organizational arrangements. These emergent triple helix structures can be harbingers of change not just for the alternative institutional structures they present and the partner organizations, but also for the careers of scientists.

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A bibliometric classificatory approach for the study and assessment of research performance at the individual level: The effects of age on productivity and impact

Costas¹,

Leeuwen²,

Bordons³

2010

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This paper sets forth a general methodology for conducting bibliometric analyses at the micro level. It combines several indicators grouped into three factors or dimensions which characterize different aspects of scientific performance. Different profiles or "classes" of scientists are described according to their research performance in each dimension. A series of results based on the findings from the application of this methodology to the study of CSIC scientists in Spain in three thematic areas are presented. Special emphasis is made on the identification and description of top scientists from structural and bibliometric perspectives. The effects of age on the productivity and impact of the different classes of scientists are analyzed. The classificatory approach proposed herein may prove a useful tool in support of research assessment at the individual level and for exploring potential determinants of research success.

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Academic careers, patents, and productivity: industry experience as scientific and technical human capital

Cited by 366 publications

References 77 publications

Industry work experience and inventive capacity of South African academic researchers

Industry work experience and inventive capacity of South African academic researchers

Reward, risk and response in Australian cooperative research centres

A bibliometric classificatory approach for the study and assessment of research performance at the individual level: The effects of age on productivity and impact

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