Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university–industry relations

A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, consulting and informal relationships for university–industry knowledge transfer. We present a systematic review of research on academic scientists’ involvement in these activities to which we refer as ‘academic engagement’. Apart from extracting findings that are generalisable across studies, we ask how academic engagement differs from commercialisation, defined as intellectual property creation and academic entrepreneurship. We identify the individual, organisational and institutional antecedents and consequences of academic engagement, and then compare these findings with the antecedents and consequences of…

• IO
  Institute of Management Research, College of Business Administration Seoul National University
• EC
  European Commission
• AN
  Agence Nationale de la Recherche
• GU
  Göteborgs Universitet
• UD
  Università di Bologna
• EA
  Economic and Social Research Council

  Awards: ES/G038082/1, ES/G042993/1, ES/K006614/1