If Star Scientist do no Patent: an Event History Analysis of Scientific Eminence and the Decision to Patent in the Academic World
Mario Calderini, DSPEA, Polytechnic of Turin
Chiara Franzoni, University of Bergamo and CERIS (CNR)
Andrea Vezzulli, DEAS, University of Milan
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ABSTRACT:
This paper contributes to the debate upon the trade-off between science and technology by looking at how the scientific performances of a researcher relate ex-ante to his/her attitude to patent, during his/her academic career. We run an event history analysis explaining the hazard for a scientist to become the inventor of a private-company-assigned patent as depending on publications and on personal, institutional and environmental characteristics. A striking result is that, although either productivity or quality, independently taken, are likely to increase the hazard to patent, top performers scientists, i.e. those scientists that publish a lot on highly-rated journals, are at very low risk.
SUBJECT AREA:
O31; O34; O38
SUGGESTED CITATION:
Mario Calderini, Chiara Franzoni, and Andrea Vezzulli,
"If Star Scientist do no Patent: an Event History Analysis of Scientific Eminence and the Decision to Patent in the Academic World"
(April 2005).
UNIMI - Research Papers in Economics, Business, and Statistics.
Economics.
Working Paper 2.
http://services.bepress.com/unimi/economics/art2
Paper presented by G. Barba Navaretti.
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