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Fulfilling the Promise of Technology Transfer : Fostering Innovation for the Benefit of Society.

This book offers ideas and case studies promoting innovation by universities and research institutes worldwide, covering the R&D value chain, licensing, income generation, start-ups and entrepreneurship, and new roles for universities in fostering innovation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hishida, Koichi.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Fulfilling the Promise of Technology Transfer
  • Fulfilling the Promise of Technology Transfer
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Technology Transfer from Keio University: Development of Professionals Fostering Innovation over the Past Decade
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Historical Background of Intellectual Property Management at Keio
  • 2 Activities of the Intellectual Property Center
  • 2.1 Examples of Contribution to Society Through Technology Transfer
  • 3 Challenges of Many Universities in Japan
  • 3.1 Required Professionals
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Does Technology Transfer from Universities to Industry Contribute to Innovation?
  • 1 The Background of Industry-Academia Collaborations in Japan
  • 2 The Position of Industry-Academia Collaborations and Innovation in Japan
  • 2.1 Comparing the Number of Licenses in Japan and the United States
  • 2.2 Royalty Breakdown
  • 3 New Developments for University-Based Startup Companies (Spin-Offs)
  • 4 Training Industry-Academia Collaboration Intermediaries
  • Reference
  • Chapter 3: Commercializing Promising but Dormant Japanese Industry-University Joint Discoveries via Independent, Venture Ca...
  • 1 First Rationale: New Companies Are Important for Innovation
  • 2 Second Rationale: Barriers to Science-Based Entrepreneurship in Japan
  • 3 Third Rationale: The Number of Dormant Industry-University Joint Inventions Is Large
  • 4 Case Example: TeraView
  • 5 Lessons from TeraView
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Realization of Photonics Polymer Technologies in the FIRST Program
  • 1 Back to Fundamentals
  • 1.1 Advantage of Graded-Index Plastic Optical Fiber (GI POF)
  • 1.2 Overcoming Light-Scattering Loss
  • 1.3 Seeing the Essence of the Problem
  • 2 New Developments in GI POF
  • 3 Progress from Light-Scattering Loss to Light-Scattering Efficiency.
  • 4 From Basic Research to Developing the Technology for Practical Use
  • 5 Establishing KPRI for Realizing Face-to-Face Communication System on FIRST Program
  • 6 Returning the Results of KPRI Basic Research to Society
  • Chapter 5: Translational Medicine of Stem Cells: Central Nervous System Regeneration and Modeling Neurological Diseases
  • 1 The Challenge of Regeneration of the Central Nervous System
  • 2 NSCs and Stem Cell Therapy for Treating SCI
  • 2.1 Basic Biology and Tools for Investigation of NSCs
  • 2.2 Stem Cell Therapy for Treating SCI
  • 2.2.1 Pathophysiology of SCI
  • 2.2.2 Interventions at the Acute Phase
  • 2.2.3 Stem Cell Transplantation at the Sub-acute Phase
  • 2.2.4 Non-human Primate Models of SCI
  • 2.2.5 Sources of Stem Cells for Treating SCI
  • 2.3 iPS Cell-Based Therapy for Treating SCI
  • 2.3.1 Brief Summary of iPS Cell Technology
  • 2.3.2 Transplantation of NSCs Derived from iPS Cells
  • 2.3.3 Future Direction of Cell Therapy for Treating SCI Using Reprogramming Technologies
  • 3 Disease Models
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Fostering Technology Transfer, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of a Public University
  • 1 Technology Transfer from a Public Research Institution
  • 2 Fostering Technology Transfer
  • 2.1 Public-Private Partnerships
  • 2.1.1 Bridging the Gap
  • 3 Fostering Entrepreneurship
  • 3.1 UCLA's On-Campus Incubator
  • 3.2 On-Campus Synergies
  • 3.3 Looking Outside: Regional Partnerships
  • 3.4 Educational Outreach
  • 4 Future Goals
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Fostering Innovation for the Benefit of Society: Technology Licensing's Role at Stanford
  • 1 Stanford's Background
  • 2 Office of Technology Licensing
  • 3 Stanford's Inventions
  • 4 OTL by Numbers
  • 5 Factors That Help OTL Succeed
  • 6 Working with Startups
  • 7 Symbiosis
  • References.
  • Chapter 8: Managing Life Science Innovations in Public Research Through Holistic Performance Measures
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Research Production and Innovation
  • 3 Conceptual Design of Holistic Performance Measurement in Technology Transfer
  • 3.1 Stakeholders in Technology Transfer
  • 3.2 Indicators and Goals in Technology Transfer
  • 3.3 Evaluation Methods and Best Practices
  • 4 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Universities as Engines of Economic Growth-Entrepreneurship in Academia: A Singapore Experience
  • 1 The University as an Engine for Economic Growth
  • 2 The Singapore Experience
  • 3 The NUS Experience: NUS Enterprise
  • 3.1 Experiential Education
  • 3.2 Industry Engagements and Partnerships
  • 3.3 Entrepreneurship Support
  • 3.4 Entrepreneurship/Innovation Research and Thought Leadership
  • 4 Results
  • 5 Notes for the Region
  • References
  • Chapter 10: University Intellectual Property Exploitation: Personal Perspectives from the UK and USA
  • Biographies
  • Editor
  • Koichi Hishida, Ph.D.
  • Authors
  • Kenichi Hatori
  • Takafumi Yamamoto
  • Robert Kneller, J.D., M.D., M.P.H.
  • Yasuhiro Koike, Ph.D.
  • Hideyuki Okano, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Benjamin Chu, Ph.D.
  • Kirsten Leute
  • Ruth M. Herzog, Ph.D., M.A., CLP
  • Lily Chan, Ph.D.
  • Mark Spearing, Ph.D.

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