Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells

We highlight the emerging role of technology transfer offices as institutional entrepreneurs involved in building legitimacy for novel technologies. To illustrate this role, we carry out an in-depth study of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's (WARF) initiatives to support the emergence...

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Main Authors: JAIN, Sanjay, GEORGE, Gerard
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
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https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtm017
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-56462016-01-28T05:51:58Z Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells JAIN, Sanjay GEORGE, Gerard We highlight the emerging role of technology transfer offices as institutional entrepreneurs involved in building legitimacy for novel technologies. To illustrate this role, we carry out an in-depth study of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's (WARF) initiatives to support the emergence of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) technology. Our narrative account reveals that WARF took on three sub-roles; that of protector, propagator and influencer of the nascent technology. We highlight how the dual missions of technology transfer offices (TTOs), i.e., their private and societal interests, can influence how they engage in these roles, which in turn can impact the trajectory of the technology. The implications of these findings for the literature on technology transfer, institutional entrepreneurship, and the emergence and evolution of novel technologies are discussed. 2007-06-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4647 info:doi/10.1093/icc/dtm017 https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtm017 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business Higher Education Strategic Management Policy Technology and Innovation
institution Singapore Management University
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Business
Higher Education
Strategic Management Policy
Technology and Innovation
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Higher Education
Strategic Management Policy
Technology and Innovation
JAIN, Sanjay
GEORGE, Gerard
Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
description We highlight the emerging role of technology transfer offices as institutional entrepreneurs involved in building legitimacy for novel technologies. To illustrate this role, we carry out an in-depth study of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's (WARF) initiatives to support the emergence of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) technology. Our narrative account reveals that WARF took on three sub-roles; that of protector, propagator and influencer of the nascent technology. We highlight how the dual missions of technology transfer offices (TTOs), i.e., their private and societal interests, can influence how they engage in these roles, which in turn can impact the trajectory of the technology. The implications of these findings for the literature on technology transfer, institutional entrepreneurship, and the emergence and evolution of novel technologies are discussed.
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author JAIN, Sanjay
GEORGE, Gerard
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GEORGE, Gerard
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title Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
title_short Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
title_full Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
title_fullStr Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
title_full_unstemmed Technology Transfer Offices as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
title_sort technology transfer offices as institutional entrepreneurs: the case of wisconsin alumni research foundation and human embryonic stem cells
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2007
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4647
https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtm017
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