Global Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization: Building Innovative Ecosystems

Contents: Introduction John Sibley Butler and David V. Gibson 1. Technology Commercialization in Chinese Universities: An Innovation System Approach Lan Xue and Ling Zhou 2. Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization in Africa: A Focus on Kenya Kamau Gachigi and Crispus M. Kiamba 3. Some United Kingdom Experience of Technology Transfer and Commercialization Robert Hodgson 4. A Stress Test for Creative and Innovative Management: Entrepreneurship in a War Zone Corey P. Carbonara, Michael F. Korpi and Marc LeGare 5. The Land of Milk, Honey and Ideas: What Makes Israel a Hotbed for Entrepreneurship and Innovation? Uzi De Haan and Boaz Golany 6. Disclosing Activities by Inventors and Technology Commercialization: A Case Study of a Japanese Company Michi Fukushima 7. Creative Model of Science Park Development: Case Study on Daedeok Innopolis, Korea Deo-Seong Oh and Byung-Joo Kang 8. Malta: A Mediterranean Island State, its University, and their Future Juanito Camilleri and Albert Caruana 9. Technology Transfer in Mexico: Trends in Public Policies and the Program at Monterrey International City of Knowledge Jaime Parada vila 10. Technology Transfer and the Development of New Technology Based Firms: Polish Perspectives and a Case Study on Nanotechnology Dariusz Trzmielak 11. Portugal at the Crossroads of Change, Facing the Shock of the New: People, Knowledge and Ideas Fostering the Social Fabric to Facilitate the Concentration of Knowledge-integrated Communities Manuel Heitor and Marco Bravo 12. Technology Transfer and Commercialization in Russia Nikolay Rogalev 13. The Experience in the United States: A University Perspective Patricia G. Greene and Mark P. Rice Index