A strong biotech faculty can earn more licence revenue for research institutes than anything else: just one of the findings from a new study by UNU-MERIT on the knowledge transfer activities of public research organisations (PROs), which features in the Norwegian Research Barometer 2015. This new study includes a survey conducted in the autumn of 2014 on the knowledge transfer activities of PROs in 2012 and 2013. In total, 128 knowledge transfer offices (KTOs) were surveyed and, with 97 replies ...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. Output for August includes two working papers, based on data from indicators and countries worldwide. These study the importance of innovation and how to maximize innovative output. Working Papers ‘Does Too Much Work Hamper Innovation? Evidence for Diminishing Returns of Work Hours for Patent Grants’ suggests that individual time is an important factor that needs to be considered in innovatio...
A new study, co-authored by UNU-MERIT, says that Europe outperforms the USA for new start-ups and licence agreements. However, Europe trails the USA for patent applications, licence income and invention disclosures. The European Knowledge Transfer Report 2013 draws on the most geographically diverse survey of knowledge transfer activities in Europe, covering more than 700 organisations in over 30 countries. Researcher Nordine Es-Sadki explains the approach, data and details below....