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Publication and patent behavior of academic researchers: Conflicting, reinforcing or merely co-existing? |
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| Authors: | Bart Van Looy Julie Callaert |
| Institution: | a Research Division INCENTIM, Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, Steunpunt O&O Statistieken, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium b Research Division INCENTIM, Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium c K.U. Leuven R&D, Groot Begijnhof 59, 3000 Leuven, Belgium |
| Abstract: | Increasing entrepreneurial activity within academia has raised concerns that the number of publications added to the scientific commons might be reduced or that academic research would be directed exclusively towards the application-oriented needs of industry. In the case of academic inventions, the potential conflict between public- and private-oriented considerations seems most salient. In this contribution, we examine whether the publication behavior of academic inventors (at K.U. Leuven) differs from their colleagues (non-inventors) working within similar fields of research. Our analysis reveals that inventors publish significantly more. Moreover, no empirical evidence was found for the ‘skewing problem’. These findings not only suggest the co-existence of both activities; they may actually reinforce each other. |
| Keywords: | Knowledge interactions University-Industry relations Academic inventors |
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