TY - JOUR
T1 - The transfer of federally funded technology: A study of small, entrepreneurial, and ambidextrous firms
AU - Guerrero, Maribel
AU - Link, Albert N
AU - van Hasselt, Martijn
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - In this paper, we study the technology transfer mechanisms used to protect intellectual property by small, entrepreneurial firms that received Phase II research awards from the US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The technology transfer mechanisms considered are patenting and publishing. Controlling for the agencies that funded the Phase II research (DOD and NIH), we find that the presence of a university as a research partner engenders greater patenting and publishing. We also find that minority-owned firms patent more intensely than do other firms. A portion of the firms patent and publish; we define these firms, based on our advanced review of the literature, to be ambidextrous. Ambidextrous firms are more likely to include a university as a research partner, to be male-owned and minority-owned, and to be relatively small. Our findings represent a new and important advancement to the literature.
AB - In this paper, we study the technology transfer mechanisms used to protect intellectual property by small, entrepreneurial firms that received Phase II research awards from the US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The technology transfer mechanisms considered are patenting and publishing. Controlling for the agencies that funded the Phase II research (DOD and NIH), we find that the presence of a university as a research partner engenders greater patenting and publishing. We also find that minority-owned firms patent more intensely than do other firms. A portion of the firms patent and publish; we define these firms, based on our advanced review of the literature, to be ambidextrous. Ambidextrous firms are more likely to include a university as a research partner, to be male-owned and minority-owned, and to be relatively small. Our findings represent a new and important advancement to the literature.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00794-y
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00794-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0921-898X
VL - 62
SP - 1009
EP - 1023
JO - Small Business Economics
JF - Small Business Economics
IS - 3
ER -