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Technology Transfer Policies and Entrepreneurial Innovations at Brazilian University-Industry Partnerships

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Over the past 40 years, the Bayh-Dole Act has been the most inspired piece of legislation around the world. This policy measure has empowered organizations to be the owners of inventions made by federally-funded research, as well as this policy has ensured royalties, licensing, and spinning-off to the organizations that have made these inventions. In the Latin-American context, technology transfer policies to support entrepreneurial innovations have been characterized by the strengthening of university-industry partnerships. This chapter discussed the evolution of determinants and outcomes of technology transfer policies implemented in Brazil. Our findings provide useful implications for academics and policymakers.

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  1. 1.

    In order to identify knowledge-intensive companies, we used data from companies participating in the PIPE/FAPESP Program, which aims to subsidize innovative small business initiatives. Created in 1997 by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and inspired by the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), the program gives support to entrepreneurial projects with a high level of knowledge intensity and innovative potential (Salles-Filho et al. 2011).

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    This procedure follows recommendations from the Research Ethics Committee from the University of Campinas. Interviews were approved under the protocol #89010418.2.0000.8142/Project ‘Universities as Pivotal Agents in Innovation Ecosystems’.

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Acknowledgments

Maribel Guerrero acknowledges the Facultad de Economía y Negocios at the Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile), the Northumbria Centre for Innovation, Regional Transformation and Entrepreneurship based on Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University (UK), and the Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE) at Lund University (SE) for their invaluable support. Authors acknowledge funding from the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp Grant #2016/17801-4). Bruno Fischer’s contribution to this article is based on the study funded by the Basic Research Program of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and by the Russian Academic Excellence Project ‘5-100’.

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    Maribel Guerrero

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    Maribel Guerrero

  3. Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Maribel Guerrero

  4. Department of Science and Technology Policy (DPCT), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

    Paola Rücker Schaeffer

  5. School of Applied Sciences (FCA), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

    Bruno Brandão Fischer

  6. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Bruno Brandão Fischer

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Guerrero, M., Schaeffer, P.R., Fischer, B.B. (2021). Technology Transfer Policies and Entrepreneurial Innovations at Brazilian University-Industry Partnerships. In: Guerrero, M., Urbano, D. (eds) Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurial Innovations. International Studies in Entrepreneurship, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70022-5_5

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