TY - JOUR T1 - Commercialization and Public Good: Conflict, Complement, or Critical Component? JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - R. Sandra Schillo KW - commercialization KW - intellectual property KW - public good KW - publicly funded science KW - science in society KW - societal benefits KW - technology transfer KW - university research AB - The controversy regarding the role of science in society – and how science can best achieve its role – may well date as far back as the beginnings of science itself. The specific arguments and the possible mechanisms for science to impact society, however, have changed over time. This article picks up the conversation with regards to the specific role of publicly funded science, presuming, similar to Brecht in this article's opening quotation, that publicly funded science has the goal of making positive contributions to society. To achieve this goal, today’s scientists and research managers face a myriad options of publication venues, protection mechanism, and collaborations with external partners including licensing and other options for commercialization. Oftentimes, the goal of achieving positive contributions to society is perceived as being in fundamental conflict with the restrictions many commercialization arrangements place on the use of knowledge. This article argues that, although commercialization may at times conflict with the goal of achieving positive contributions to society, it can also be complementary to pursuits towards societal contributions, or even a critical component in achieving the desired positive contributions to society. More specifically, it suggests that the use of the term “science for the public good” as description of the goal to achieve positive societal contributions might create confusion with the economic term “public good”. Thus, it seeks to reframe the discussion of how science can contribute to society in an era of increased openness and interaction. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/810 IS - 7 U1 - University of Ottawa R. Sandra Schillo is an Assistant Professor at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Sandra completed her doctoral studies at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, University of Kiel, Germany and obtained her Masters' degree in Engineering Management from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Her professional work experience includes employment and consulting assignments with many of Canada’s federal science-based departments and agencies and other organizations active in innovation and entrepreneurship in Canada. Sandra teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and master’s levels. Her research agenda focuses on the impact of research and innovation, and explores the application of new methodologies to capturing measures of innovation and entrepreneurship and their outcomes. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Turning Technology into Business Using University Patents JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Dap Hartmann KW - commercialization KW - entrepreneurship education KW - multi-disciplinary team work KW - patents KW - student entrepreneurs KW - technology entrepreneurship KW - university research AB - We present an education paradigm that stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship through a master's-level university course: "Turning Technology into Business". The course was specifically designed to connect technological research with education using patented technologies developed at the research faculties of a technical university in the Netherlands. We outline the structure and the main content of the course and explain the selection process of both the patents used in the course and the students admitted to the course. This program was initiated at Delft University of Technology in 2003 and has resulted in 10 startups that have commercialized new technologies and at least two additional dozen startups that are indirect spinoffs. To illustrate the potential of this approach, we describe the case of Holland Container Innovations, a company founded by students who developed a foldable sea container during the course. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/856 IS - 12 U1 - Delft University of Technology Dap Hartmann is an Associate Professor of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He holds has a PhD in Astronomy (Leiden, 1994) and worked as a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA. He is a five-time recipient of the New Venture Prize for the best entrepreneurship education in the Netherlands. In 2010, he received the Delft Entrepreneurial Motivator award. Together with composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw, he is currently writing a book on 20th century classical music. ER -