The Journal of Technology Transfer

1977 - 2025

Current editor(s): Albert N. Link, Donald S. Siegel, Barry Bozeman and Simon Mosey

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Volume 50, issue 6, 2025

Paths towards commercialization: evidence from NIH proof of concept centers pp. 2509-2531

Adams G. Bailey, Breanna M. Reingold, Joseph D. Johnson and Alan C. O’Connor

Should I stay or should I go? Knowledge spillovers, technological level, and new-firm survival pp. 2532-2555

Martina Aronica, Maria Michela Dickson, Diego Giuliani and Davide Piacentino

When the marketplace comes to the research laboratory: technology transfer efficiency of innovation-driven publicly funded research centers pp. 2556-2586

Forough Zarea, Evan J. Douglas, Martin Obschonka, Per Davidsson, David B. Audretsch and Dietmar W. Hutmacher

The artificial intelligence patent dataset (AIPD) 2023 update pp. 2587-2610

Nicholas A. Pairolero, Alexander V. Giczy, Gerard Torres, Tisa Islam Erana, Mark A. Finlayson and Andrew A. Toole

Identifying technology spillovers: evidence from firm-level patents, R&D intensity, and market value pp. 2611-2641

Zhenyu Gong and Gary H. Jefferson

Evaluation of operational efficiency of technology transfer ecosystems from the perspective of supply and demand matching: an empirical study in China pp. 2642-2668

Tong Xiao, Haijun Wang and Jin Chen

Exploring the impact of knowledge network heterogeneity on new product development: a perspective on knowledge combination pp. 2669-2696

Luyun Xu, Siyu Zhao and Xin Yin

Network variance of scientific team and knowledge creation: a network embeddedness perspective pp. 2697-2724

Shanwu Tian, Xiurui Xu, Yan Yan, Conghui Han and Wei Chen

Higher education institutions as co-innovation partners: compensating, complementing, and facilitating firms’ co-innovation to their optimum possibility frontier pp. 2725-2751

Yancy Vaillant and Esteban Lafuente

University sustainability rankings: a critical literature review on the UI GreenMetric ranking system pp. 2752-2801

Chiara Alberti, Alice Civera, Erik E. Lehmann, Michele Meoli, Jonah Otto and Stefano Paleari

Collaborative innovation network embeddedness and a firm’s technological impact: Does prior networking experience matter? pp. 2802-2836

Wenbo Jiang, Yong Hong, Miao Cui and Mengjia Li

Organising for innovation: alliance-to-acquisition transitions and patent production pp. 2837-2866

Killian McCarthy, Rick Aalbers and Claudine Kearney

Exploring university’s role in academic spin-off generation and sustainable evolution: a multiple cases study pp. 2867-2895

Jaime Roberto Pohlmann, Carla Schwengber ten Caten and José Luis Duarte Ribeiro

Professional connections and digital innovation of SMEs pp. 2896-2927

Jinxin Liu, Mengli Zhao and Kun Wang

University in downtown: developing a new scale to assess the impact of university activities on the community pp. 2928-2965

Angelo Riviezzo, Michela C. Mason, Gioele Zamparo and Maria Rosaria Napolitano

Academic intrapreneurship for health care innovation: the importance of influence, perception, and time management in knowledge commercialization at a University’s Medical Centre pp. 2966-2994

Paul Burkholder and Willem Hulsink

Volume 50, issue 5, 2025

Tackling digital transformation strategy: how it affects firm innovation and organizational effectiveness pp. 1893-1918

Mercedes Rubio-Andrés, Jorge Linuesa-Langreo, Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano and Miguel Ángel Sastre-Castillo

The role of leading companies in artificial intelligence applications pp. 1919-1946

Baizhen Zhang and BiYu Peng

A tale of two ties: the impact of a focal city’s direct and indirect collaboration networks on regional innovation pp. 1947-1988

Qinjie Yang, Zhijing Zhu, Jiaoe Wang and Cong Cao

Unpacking technology transfer coverage: a quantitative study of the Italian press pp. 1989-2017

Andrea Mangani

Turning creative ideas into successful innovations: differential effects of network structure for radical and incremental innovation pp. 2018-2038

Jia Zhang, Jian Wang, Jos Winnink and Simcha Jong

Developing a research-based model program in entrepreneurship: a contrarian approach to traditional perspectives pp. 2039-2053

Donald F. Kuratko

Crypto ecosystem: navigating the past, present, and future of decentralized finance pp. 2054-2075

Paola Agnese Bongini, Francesca Mattassoglio, Alessia Pedrazzoli and Silvio Vismara

An inquiry into the linkages between entrepreneurial perspectives and sustainable value creation in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship pp. 2076-2105

Nágela Bianca Prado and Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes Moraes

Inventors- gender diversity promoting patent transfer: evidence from China pp. 2106-2134

Zulong Su, Renai Jiang, Shenghao Yang, Dongmei Li and Gary H. Jefferson

Entrepreneurial ecosystems governance: critical perspectives and steps forward pp. 2135-2230

Edgar Nave, Pedro Torres, Ana Rita Querido, Joao Ferreira and Gabriela Fernandes

Offshore renewable energy SMEs’ innovation interactions across the triple helix: a management as practice perspective pp. 2231-2261

Gillian Barrett and Frank Crowley

Public grants beneficiaries and venture capital-backed firms: a tale of two funding strategies pp. 2262-2305

Andrea Bellucci, Gianluca Gucciardi and Daniel Nepelski

From environmental knowledge to pro-environmental behaviors: paving the way for more sustainable higher education institutions through a mission refocus pp. 2306-2339

Telma Mendes, Hugo Teixeira, Augusto Miguel Lopes and Aldina Correia

Technology transfer and innovation efficiency in a large emerging economy: an integrative perspective of absorptive capacity and the technology ladder pp. 2340-2376

Yueqi Wang, Yang Li, Peng Ding and Bin Guo

Encouraging entrepreneurship among graduate students: Can university proactive policies work? pp. 2377-2411

Maria Cecilia Flores, Daniela Bolzani, Federico Munari and Rosa Grimaldi

Entrepreneurial support organizations as providers of entrepreneurial education and training pp. 2412-2442

Greta Serpente, Daniela Bolzani and Rosa Grimaldi

Innovation policies and firms’ productivity: the Italian Industry 4.0 Plan for digital transformation pp. 2443-2475

Elena Cefis, Stefania Scrofani and Matteo Tubiana

Multinational strategy, institutions and spillovers: the role of institutions in knowledge spillovers in emerging markets pp. 2476-2508

Sumon Bhaumik, Nigel Driffield, Katiuscia Lavoratori, Meng Song and Priit Vahter

Volume 50, issue 4, 2025

Absorptive capacity for science-based innovation propensity: an empirical analysis using Japanese National Innovation Survey pp. 1325-1340

Kazuyuki Motohashi, Kenta Ikeuchi and Akira Yamaguchi

Can digital transformation improve commercial banks’ performance? pp. 1341-1362

Changzheng Zhang, Yuchao Wang and Yanbing Zhang

Exploring Department of the Navy SBIR Phase III awards and corresponding public sector commercialization success factors pp. 1363-1395

Sarah M. Rovito, John Kamp and Amir Etemadi

Integrating philosophy and psychology to enhance creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship: the W.O.M.B. model pp. 1396-1415

Eduardo Manuel Almeida Leite, David Audretsch and Ana Leite

The role of competition on equity crowdfunding pp. 1416-1460

Sandra Correia, Miguel Sousa and Elísio Brandão

Heterogeneous profiles and trajectories of science and technology parks: evidence from Brazil pp. 1461-1490

Rodrigo Dávila Bolliger, Bruno Brandão Fischer, Adriana Ferreira Faria, Marcelo Gonçalves Amaral and Milena Pavan Serafim

Regional knowledge asymmetries and innovation performance from collaborations across European regions pp. 1491-1523

Marta Ferrer-Serrano, M. Pilar Latorre-Martínez and Lucio Fuentelsaz

Noneconomic public value creation by private ventures: scale development and empirical validation in the academic entrepreneurship context pp. 1524-1566

Andrea Greven, Thorsten Beule, Denise Fischer-Kreer and Malte Brettel

The creation of academic spin-offs: University-Business Collaboration matters pp. 1567-1601

Todd Davey, Sofía Louise Martínez-Martínez, Rafael Ventura and Victoria Galán-Muros

The patent gold rush? An empirical study of patent bubbles in Chinese universities (1990–2019) pp. 1602-1632

Fen Lin, Waverl W. Ding and Shi Chen

How do firms shape their interactions with universities to build structural, human and relational capital? A mixed-method study of UK firms that interact with universities pp. 1633-1668

Muthu Silva, Federica Rossi and Nicola Searle

Is a balanced entrepreneurial ecosystem essential for success? A configurational analysis of European regional entrepreneurial ecosystems pp. 1669-1708

Éva Komlósi, Marcus Dejardin, László Szerb and Balázs Páger

Carbon emission trading scheme and university technology transfer: does innovation quantity or quality matter? pp. 1709-1738

Han Jiang, Qing Zhou, Chuan Hu and Meng Tian

A thematic review of 45 years of The Journal of Technology Transfer pp. 1739-1784

Nabila Abid, James A. Cunningham and José-Luis Perea-Vicente

Technology transfer and innovation through trade; assessing the role of low carbon technologies imports on domestic green innovation pp. 1785-1814

Emmanuel Yamoah Cobbold, Yaya Li and Emma Serwaa Obobisa

How to measure inventive speed? A new patent activity assessment dimension pp. 1815-1839

Aleksei L. Kalinichenko, Nikita A. Paplavsky and Ivan V. Oseledets

Entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence: a bibliometric analysis pp. 1840-1872

María Dolores Redondo-Rodríguez, Eloísa Díaz-Garrido, Diana C. Pérez-Bustamante Yábar and María Ángeles Ramón-Jerónimo

Is adversity the mother of innovation? International evidence at the firm level pp. 1873-1892

Rajeev Goel and Michael Nelson

Volume 50, issue 3, 2025

The dynamics of technological congruence pp. 779-796

Cristiano Antonelli and Christophe Feder

A game theory analysis of regional innovation ecosystems pp. 797-820

Hojjat Shakiba and Maksim Belitski

The role of university leaders’ overseas experience in facilitating technology transfer pp. 821-855

Zhenbing Yang and Zhuo Chen

Digitalization and firms’ innovation efficiency: Do corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility matter? pp. 856-888

Xi Zhong and Ge Ren

Star help and knowledge transfer: an event study analysis of star interactions observed from acknowledgement texts pp. 889-937

Akhil Sasidharan, John McHale and Jason Harold

Does technological knowledge transfer from CVC investor firms to venture firms? An examination of CVC investments, venture firm technological learning, and IPO pp. 938-961

Thomas V. Edwards and Noushi Rahman

Digitalization, internationalization and green innovation in China: an analysis based on threshold and mediation effects pp. 962-994

Kesen Zhang and Deborah Gefang

Relationship between R&D subsidies and R&D collaboration in promoting firm innovation pp. 995-1015

Huiping Dong, Yating Guo, Xing Shi and Shaofu Du

Supporting SME companies in mapping out AI potential: a Finnish AI development case pp. 1016-1035

Pouya Jafarzadeh, Tanja Vähämäki, Paavo Nevalainen, Antti Tuomisto and Jukka Heikkonen

Navigating borders, cultivating innovations: the dynamic role of cross-border knowledge transfer in SMEs pp. 1036-1059

Ayodotun Stephen Ibidunni, Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Ahmed Adel Tantawy and Aanuoluwa Ilerioluwa Kolawole

The evolving role of technology transfer offices in the entrepreneurial university: Go-betweens or playmakers? pp. 1060-1079

Zoe Chen, Vicki Janine Little and Nguyen Hoang Thuan

Analyzing the impact of gender on entrepreneurship and innovation: evidence from university graduates pp. 1080-1110

Qiantao Zhang, Mary Frank Fox, Shiri M. Breznitz and Talia Capozzoli Kessler

Productivity of innovation: the effect of innovativeness on start-up survival pp. 1111-1169

Maria Cristina Arcuri, Ivan Russo and Gino Gandolfi

Private entrepreneurial support organizations in European fintech entrepreneurial ecosystems pp. 1170-1198

Federico Micol, Daniele Battaglia and Elisa Ughetto

Human and social capital and ethnically diverse founding teams in high-tech industries pp. 1199-1230

Muhammed Abu Nasra and Amalya L. Oliver

The evolution of university technology transfer research: a text mining approach pp. 1231-1268

James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter and Felix Starke

How latecomers realize “going global” through technological catch-up: a longitudinal case study pp. 1269-1296

Yu You, Yun Liu and Ruixue Zhao

University ambidexterity: assessing the nature of interdependence between knowledge exchange and knowledge creation in UK universities pp. 1297-1323

Andrew Johnston, Drew Woodhouse and Peter Wells

Volume 50, issue 2, 2025

The impact of digitalization and virtualization on technology transfer in strategic collaborative partnerships pp. 399-416

Riikka M. Sarala, Shlomo Y. Tarba, Nadia Zahoor, Huda Khan, Sir Cary L. Cooper and Ahmad Arslan

Correction: The impact of digitalization and virtualization on technology transfer in strategic collaborative partnerships pp. 417-418

Riikka M. Sarala, Shlomo Y. Tarba, Nadia Zahoor, Huda Khan, Sir Cary L. Cooper and Ahmad Arslan

More digitalization does not always imply more technology transfer: an analysis within the horizon Europe strategy pp. 419-445

Marta Ferrer-Serrano, Lucio Fuentelsaz and Mercedes Gil-Lamata

More relational or more digital? The synchronous and ambivalent influences of firm capabilities on value co-creation pp. 446-468

Wei Yang, Fenglei Han, Yin Zhou and Yu Gao

Examining the impact of e-leadership on strategic innovation at work: a moderated-mediation model pp. 469-487

Yusuf Hassan, Jayesh Pandey, Shubh Majumdarr, Vijay Pereira, Abhishek Behl and Ofra Bazal-Shoham

Help those helping others - the role of universities in facilitating digitalisation and virtualisation in non-profit organisations pp. 488-515

Abdul Jabbar, Chrysostomos Apostolidis, Ning Baines, Anthony Devine, Michael Christofi and Siddhi Trivedi

Blockchain unlocking collaborative opportunities for environmental sustainability through innovation intermediaries pp. 516-551

Francesca Spigarelli, Lorenzo Compagnucci and Dominique Lepore

Fostering collaborative opportunities for AI start-ups: The case of a hybrid business incubator in Seoul pp. 552-581

Ga-Young Kim, Woo-Jin Lee, Byungchul Choi and Yong Kyu Lew

Spatio-temporal evolution, country differences and the role of proximity: an investigation of international patenting pp. 582-619

Xiang Yu, Wantao Chen and Wei Yang

The determinants of European universities patenting and co-patenting with companies pp. 620-636

Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz

Development burdens: state contact centers, administrative burden, and economic development policy pp. 637-667

Jaeyeong Nam and Daniel L. Fay

The role of non-economic goals in academic spin-offs pp. 668-691

Giuseppe Criaco, Davide Hahn, Tommaso Minola and Daniel Pittino

Transforming academic knowledge into industrial innovation: the double-edged sword of learning from universities pp. 692-727

Xi Song and Zelong Wei

Diverging or converging technology capabilities in the European Union? pp. 728-751

Jonas Grafström and Carl Alm

Home country institutions and exports of emerging economy small firms: the role of internal R&D and acquisition of external knowledge pp. 752-777

Ebru Ozturk-Kose

Volume 50, issue 1, 2025

Collaborative research in healthcare: uncovering the impact of industry collaboration on the service innovativeness of university hospitals pp. 1-28

Thomas Huynh

Impact of initial business model on the growth trajectory of new technology-based firms: a path dependency perspective pp. 29-61

Hans Löfsten, Anders Isaksson, Heikki Rannikko, Erno Tornikoski and Mickaël Buffart

Assessing the role of technological districts in regional innovation policies: a network analysis of collaborative R&D projects pp. 62-95

Alessandro Iudicibus, Laura Prota and Francesco Savoia

Awareness of artificial intelligence: diffusion of AI versus ChatGPT information with implications for entrepreneurship pp. 96-113

Rajeev Goel and Michael Nelson

Patent-based indicators for predicting patent commercialization: a study of the diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations pp. 114-137

Vinita Krishna and Sudhir K. Jain

Give us ideas! Creating innovativeness through strategic direction of reverse technology transfers pp. 138-168

Kerstin J. Schaefer, Stefan Hennemann and Ingo Liefner

Creating effective university innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems: a commitment system perspective pp. 169-191

David B. Audretsch, Indu Khurana, Dev K. Dutta and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada

Is there a public innovation gap? Evidence from technology transfer pp. 192-208

Jason Coupet and Aneika Dickens

Estimating the value of satellite-derived measurements of evapotranspiration to inform irrigation scheduling in California almond orchards pp. 209-226

Daniel Lapidus, Caleb Milliken, Kyle Knipper, Sebastian Saa, Tom Devol, William Kustas, Andrew J. McElrone, Michael Gallaher, Nicolas Bambach and Martha Anderson

When royalties impede technology transfer pp. 227-244

Patrick Doran, Russell Thomson and Elizabeth Webster

Impact of institutional pressures and security on blockchain technology adoption and organization performance: an empirical study pp. 245-270

Neelesh Kumar Mishra, Swapnil Sahoo, Swati Agarwal, Poorva Pande Sharma and Faizan Ilahi

Which governance structures are conducive to the performance of TTOs? Evidence from Taiwan pp. 271-303

Min Zhang and Jingjing Zeng

Strategic legislation for the promotion of university–industry collaborations: a case study of Taiwan pp. 304-344

Thanh Hue Truong, Bou-Wen Lin and Ching-Pin Tung

Measuring the impacts of university-industry R&D collaborations: a systematic literature review pp. 345-374

Maria Cohen, Gabriela Fernandes and Pedro Godinho

Does the innovative city pilot policy improve university–industry collaborations in China? pp. 375-398

Lu Dai, Yuhan He and Shougui Luo