Very relevant work. Main issue is technology disclosure. The factors which affects disclosures and the nature of the procedure is investigated. Also there is an intesting appendix about survey design.

Exempts from conclusions:

Directors believe that some of the best inventions may not be disclosed because the most productive faculty are less likely to want to take the time to disclose inventions, much less work on further development. They also believe that many of the inventions disclosed to them are of questionable value.

high quality faculty have a higher propensity of disclosures licensed in the proof of concept stage.

royalty income allotted to inventors is lower for universities with higher quality factor (assumed direct link to higher salary)

discusses problem of determining the right shares of ownership/royalty and other means to induce the desired level of quality, phase and frequency of disclosures.

-- HakonSkeide - 31 Jul 2009