Research Universities and Local Economic Development: Lessons from the History of the Johns Hopkins University

By Maryann P. Feldman, Pierre Desrochers. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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University entrepreneurship: a taxonomy of the literature (2007, background): “(Van Dierdonck et al., 1990; Reitan, 1997; Argyres and Liebeskind, 1998; Collins and Wakoh, 2000; Henrekson and Rosenberg, 2001; Feldman and Desrochers, 2003; Schmiemann and Durvy, 2003; Siegel et al., 2003a, 2004; Mowery and Sampat, 2005); how can universities be more successful in entrepreneurial…”
Models and Methods of University Technology Transfer (2013, unknown): “Feldman and Desrochers (2003) The historical structure and mission of the university can affect how it approaches the issue of technology transfer.”
Universities and open innovation: the determinants of network centrality (2019, background): “Whilst a world-leading researchintensive university does not necessarily create a high-technology economy (Feldman and Desrochers 2003), universities undertaking world-leading research are also more likely to be members of national or global knowledge pipelines (Bathelt, Malmberg, and Maskell 2004).”
Universities, knowledge networks and regional policy (2008, background): “…in this area is that universities and other higher education institutions have come to be regarded as key sources of knowledge utilisable in the pursuit of economic growth, knowledge and technology transfer attaining a more important role within universities (Feldman and Desrochers, 2003).”
University spin-off policies and economic development in Less successful regions: Learning from two decades of policy practice (2005, background): “Feldman and Desrochers (2003) present a fascinating case study of how technology ‘leaked’ out of Johns Hopkins University despite the desire of the university senior managers to prevent business engagement.”
Categories of university-level entrepreneurship: a literature survey (2010, background): “... not only contribute to organizational growth, profitability and wealth creation in the university but will also impact the external environment and economy as a whole by increasing productivity, improving best practices, creating new industries and enhancing international competitiveness, and, v”
The role of social embeddedness in professorial entrepreneurship: a comparison of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley and Stanford (2004, background): “Feldman and Desrochers (2003)examine Johns Hopkins’ failure to spin many firms off despite doing world-class research and having a massive research budget. with the established East Coast private universities in terms of salary, from the 1890s, UCB developed a strategy of attracting young…”
The generative and developmental roles of universities in regional innovation systems (2006, background): “A number of studies have highlighted the importance of champions in shaping the role that a university performs in the development of a regional system (Feldman and Desrochers, 2003; Etzkowitz, 2002a, 2002b; Santoro and Chakrabarti, 2002).”
University technology transfer office business models: One size does not fit all (2018, background): “It is widely recognized that the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 led to an explosion in the growth of technology transfer offices in U.S. universities, a well as a substantial increase in the commercialization of university inventions and academic spawning of new innovative firms (Feldman, 2003).”
Is the entrepreneurial university also regionally engaged? Analysing the influence of university's structural configuration on third mission performance (2019, background): “For example Feldman and Desrochers (2003) found evidence of the elite Johns Hopkins University creating substantial local spillover benefits even during historical periods where the university had tried to clamp down on these activities as being undesirable.”
Factors fostering academics to start up new ventures: an assessment of Italian founders’ incentives (2009, unknown): “their first-mile characteristic) may support the transmission and absorption of knowledge spillovers from universities (Feldman 1999; Feldman and Desrochers 2003 ).”
Universities and Innovation in Space (2007, background): “Mansfield and Lee, 1996; Feldman and Desrochers, 2003 ).”
Economic Impact of Entrepreneurial Universities' Activities: An Exploratory Study of the United Kingdom (2015, background): “For example, in US several authors have examined and corroborated the impact of public higher education on national and regional economies (Feldman and Desrochers, 2003; Lendel, 2010; Vogel and Keen, 2010).”
Strategic agency and institutional change: investigating the role of universities in regional innovation systems (RISs) (2017, background): “Academics orient career towards publication: good research does not enter regional knowledge pool (FELDMAN and DESROCHERS, 2003)”
Entpreprenerial Universities and Technology Transfer: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Knowledge-Based Economic Development (2006, background): “Feldman and Desrochers (2003, 2004) focus on the evolution of technology transfer activities at Johns Hopkins University.”