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Academic research commercialization and knowledge production and diffusion: the moderating effects of entrepreneurial commitment

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This paper empirically examines the relationship between research commercialization, entrepreneurial commitment, and knowledge production and diffusion in academia. Through a dataset of 229 academic patent inventors, this paper reveals that the effects of research commercialization on publication quantity, application-oriented research, and disclosure delay are moderated by the entrepreneurial commitment of faculty members. This paper concludes that encouraging entrepreneurial commitment of faculty members may possibly drive academics away from their traditional approaches in producing and diffusing knowledge.

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The authors would like to thank National Science Council, Taiwan (Project Nos.: NSC-96-2627-E-007-001 & NSC96-2416-H-166-002-MY2) for her kind financial support. Two anonymous referees’ insightful and constructive comments are much appreciated.

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Yang, P.Y., Chang, YC. Academic research commercialization and knowledge production and diffusion: the moderating effects of entrepreneurial commitment. Scientometrics 83, 403–421 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0075-1

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