Managing academic innovation in Taiwan: Towards a 'scientific-economic' framework

Explores the innovative activities of Taiwanese highereducation institutions (HEIs) in terms of patenting, licensing, and firmincubation. First, the factors influencing a university's innovativeperformance are reviewed. These four factors include intellectual property (IP)management, external industrial partnerships, the university's entrepreneurialorientation, and the government's commitment to research. Following the presentation of a conceptual model of the"scientific-economic regime" composed of these factors, data from asurvey of 58 HEIs are analyzed. The data suggest that IP management,HEI-industry relations, and university entrepreneurial orientation are of usein recognizing HEIs' levels of innovativeness when innovation is understood interms of patent grants, licensing, and firm incubation. Government researchfunding is shown to have a moderating effect on academic innovation.(SAA)

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