Technology transfer executives' backwards integration: An examination of interactions between university technology transfer executives and principal investigators

• Published in: Technovation Vol. 76-77; pp. 64 - 77
• Main Author: O’Kane, Conor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Innovation; Principal investigators; Role boundaries; Technology transfer offices; Value creation; Principal investigators; Value creation; Innovation; Technology transfer offices; Role boundaries

This paper examines interactions between technology transfer office (TTO) executives and publicly funded principal investigators (PIs) within the university. Although both actors make important contributions to value creation at the base of the triple helix, their identities remain under development...