Editorial: Moving beyond metaphors: University-industry collaboration in biotechnology
A PERCEIVED GAP There is enormous public interest in the role of universities as a primary source of new knowledge, new skills and new ideas for addressing many issues facing industrialised societies. In recognition of this, programmes to promote university–industry collaboration have expanded rapidly in recent years. Nevertheless, despite an abundance of such programmes and resources to facilitate the translation of technology from universities to industry, there often appear to be very significant disparities between the needs and requirements of industry and the university. A couple of recent quotes serve to illustrate this point:
Aligning strategy and intellectual property to maximise business value: a proposal for new technology-based firms
New technology-based firms must secure intellectual property rights (IPR) on novel products and processes to achieve legitimacy, to attract early finance and to increase their likelihood of survival. To maximise the business value of such IPR, firms need to recognise that intellectual property (IP) is now treated as if it is a tangible product. Accordingly, we suggest that corporate strategy should recognise IP as an activity and as part of a value chain. A coherent strategy should deliver balanced and effective IP, to ensure that what is protected and leveraged by firms is of genuine business value and has the best chance of being licensed.
Technology and strategic management progress and future directions
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Strategic management researchers are showing increasing interest in the interface technology and strategic management. This paper provides a literature review focussing on theory development and empirical examination. It also indicates some of the more common strategic responses and prescriptions which have been proposed to manage technology. A set of issues for guiding future research are suggested and research designs for handling some of these research hypotheses are proposed.