The Transfer of Federally Funded Technology: A Study of Small, Entrepreneurial, and Ambidextrous Firms

Maribel Guerrero (), Albert Link and Martijn van Hasselt
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Maribel Guerrero: Arizona State University

No 23-3, UNCG Economics Working Papers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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 U.S 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.

Keywords: SBIR program; technology transfer; patenting; publishing; intellectual property; ambidexterity; entrepreneurial firms; program evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L26 O34 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2023-05-30
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ent, nep-ino, nep-ipr, nep-sbm and nep-tid
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