Patent and Publication Activities of German Professors: An Empirical Assessment of Their Co-Activity

By Dirk Czarnitzki, Wolfgang Glänzel, K. Hussinger. 2007

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The growing importance of technology-relevant non-publication output of university research has come into the focus of policy-makers' interest. A fierce debate arose on possible negative consequences of the increasing commercialization of science, as it may come with a reduction in research performance. This paper investigates the relationship between publishing as a measure of scientific output and patenting for German professors active in a range of science fields. We combine bibliometric/technometric indicators and econometric techniques to show that patenting positively correlates with the publication output and quality of patenting researchers. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Informal university technology transfer: a comparison between the United States and Germany (2010, background): “In fact, the professors’ right to commercialize inventions privately before that year is reflected by a low number of German university patents (Czarnitzki et al. 2007, 2008).”
Formal and Informal Knowledge and Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance (2013, background): “The professors’ right to commercialize inventions privately before 2002 is reflected by a low number of German university patents (Czarnitzki et al., 2007; 2009b; 2011), which translates into low university licensing activities in Germany as compared to the US, where the Bayh-Dole Act, which can be…”
Entrepreneurial effectiveness of European universities: An empirical assessment of antecedents and trade-offs (2011, background): “This positive relation as been confirmed mostly at the individual professor and scintist level (Azoulay et al., 2007; Calderini and Franzoni, 2004; zarnitzki et al., 2007; Fabrizio and DiMinin, 2008; Meyer, 2006; tephan et al., 2007; Van Looy et al., 2006).”
The nexus between science and industry: evidence from faculty inventions (2012, methodology): “Czarnitzki et al. (2007) conclude that it basically never happens that inventor names appear sometimes with “Prof. Dr.” (or similar title) and sometimes without on other patents.”
Commercializing academic research: the quality of faculty patenting (2011, background): “Distinguishing between university and corporate patents of professors in Germany, Czarnitzki et al. (2007b) conclude that corporate patenting by academics has a negative impact on their scientific performance, while patents in collaboration with nor-profit organizations spur their publication…”