Böcker av David C. Mowery

The increase in university patenting and licensing has often been attributed to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which facilitated patenting and licensing. This work examines the channels within which commercialization has occurred throughout the 20th century and since the passage of the Act.

In 1903 the Wright brothers' airplane travelled a couple of hundred yards. Today streamlined jets transport millions of people each day. Between discovery and application there is a world of innovation, tinkering, improvement and adaptation. This is the world described in this tour of the intersecting routes of technological change.

This book demonstrates the importance of a historical perspective in understanding the role of technological innovation in the economy. The authors examine key episodes and institutions in the development of the U.S. research system and in the development of the research systems of other industrial economies.