Title: UniversityIndustry Relationships:
1- University-Industry Relationships
- Experiences from Austin Texas, the University of
Texas, and - IC2 Institute
- PRESENTED TO
- Colombian Industry Networks
-
- July 4, 2009
Dr. Elsie Echeverri-Carroll Research Professor
and Director Economic Development IC2 Institute
e.carroll_at_mail.utexas.edu
2Objetivos de la Clase
- Revisión de la literatura internacional sobre la
relación u-e - Revisión de la literatura sobre la relación u-e
en Colombia - Presentar el caso exitoso de la relación u-e en
la U de Texas en Austin - Memorándum al presidente de sus organizaciones en
el que ustedes van a identificar y priorizar
tres estrategias para superar las limitaciones
en la relación U-E en sus respectivas
organizaciones -
3Estrategias para Promover la Relación
Universidad-Empresa en la Institución que
Represento M E M O R A N D U M
PÁRRAFO 1 Resumen compacto de la literatura más
importante de la relación Universidad-Empresa a
nivel internacional.
PÁRRAFO 2 Diagnóstico compacto de la relación
Universidad-Empresa en Colombia. Considerar las 3
fortalezas y 3 limitaciones más importantes.
PÁRRAFO 3 Diagnóstico compacto de la relación
Universidad-Empresa en la Institución que
represento. Considerar las 3 fortalezas y 3
limitaciones más importantes.
PÁRRAFO 4 Tres estrategias para superar las
limitaciones en la relación Universidad-Empresa
en la Institución que represento en orden de
prioridad e indicar las razones por la que estas
estrategias son prioritarias.
4Class Schedule
- 800 AM-1000 AM class
- 1000 AM-1015 AM break
- 1015 AM-1215 AM class
5University-Industry LinksLiterature Review
- Reamer A, Icerman L, Youtie J (2003) Technology
Transfer and CommercializationTheir Role in
Economic Development. Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
http//www.eda.gov/ImageCache/EDAPublic/documents/
pdfdocs/eda_5fttc_2epdf/v1/eda_5fttc.pdf - Ankrah, SN (2007) University-Industry
Inter-organizational Relationships for Technology
/Knowledge Transfer A Systematic Literature
Review, ISSN nr 1743-6796, Leeds University
Business School. http//lubswww.leeds.ac.uk/resear
chProgs/fileadmin/user_upload/ANKRAH1.pdf - Agrawal, Ajay (2001) University-to-Industry
Knowledge Transfer Literature Review and
Unanswered Questions International Journal of
Management Review, Vol 3, Issue 4, pp. 285-302. - Feldman MP and Breznitz SM (2009) The American
Experience in University Technology Transfer In
McKelvery M and Homen M (Eds) Learning to Compete
in European Universities. Edward Elgar
Publishing.
6Who Benefit from Stronger U-I Links?
The University of Texas
The Austin Technopolis
7Firms
- Which firms develop stronger links with
universities? - What benefits do firms gain from stronger links
with universities? - What kind of links do they develop and how?
8Which firms have stronger links with universities
in the U.S.?
- absorptive capacity Firms in-house RDt-n
(Cohen and Levinthal 1990) - absorptive capacity Firms connectedness to
the open science community of which its
investment in RD is just one of the several
components (e.g. publishing papers with
scientists outside the firm and engaging in
research collaboration) (Lim 2000)
IBM Research in Austin
University of Texas
11.1 million in funding from the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency to Collaborate
super chip (2003)
1 million gift to computer engineering 2007
AMD Austin
9Which firms develop stronger links with
universities?
- There are differences in the degree to which
firms are capable of effectively utilizing
university research to their benefit and these
differences vary systematically with the degree
to which firms are connected to the university
(Cockburn and Henderson 1998)
10Connectedness and Tacit Knowledge
- Connectedness is only important because the
knowledge associated with an invention is not
completely transferred in the codified form of
patents and publications but rather requires some
form of interaction between the inventor and the
recipient firm. (Agrawal 2001, p.291) - Thus, one of the most important benefits that
firms get from stronger links with the community
of science (including the universities) is access
to tacit knowledge.
11U.S. firms linked with the community of science
including star scientists have higher patent
productivity
- Firms links with community of science (Lim 2000)
- Firms links with star university scientists
(Zucker et. al. 2000)
Firms patents productivity of important
patents Patents that have been registered in
at least two regions (US, EU, and Japan)
- Universities
- Other Firms
- RD Labs
- 2.Star university scientists
1. Community of Science
- Sponsoring research
- Participating in Research consortia
- Partnering with other companies
Firm A
Firm B
12Channels of Knowledge Transfer
- We have only begun to investigate the various
channels by which knowledge is transferred to
firms from the universities - Feldman and Breznitz (2009)
- Formal channels that fall under the umbrella of
the TTO sponsored research agreements with
industry invention disclosures, patents
licenses of university intellectual property to
firms and the formation of spinoffs companies - Informal channels that do not fall under the
umbrella of TTO industry hiring of students,
faculty consulting, and knowledge trading among
friendship networks - Are there cultural differences across countries?
- There is a lack of longitudinal studies to test
whether short term links lead to long-term links
13U-I Degrees of Tech Transfer Flows
Technology park Industrial incubators
High
Expected Technology flow to firms
Patent licensing Sponsor research Faculty
consulting Personal exchange
Training Publications Grants Fellowships Scholars
hips donations
Low
Few Weeks (Phase 1)
1-3 years (Phase 2)
Many years (Phase 3)
Duration of the Relationship
Source Graph by Ankrah (2007) based on
information from Chen (1994)
14Set de Preguntas 1
- Cuáles son las 10 compañías que en Colombia
invierten mas en ID? - Cuáles son las 10 compañías colombianas que están
más ligadas a la comunidad científica colombiana
(o cuáles son las 10 compañías colombianas que
colaboran más con universidades, firmas, o
centros de ID)? - Cuáles son los canales que mas se usan en
Colombia para transferir conocimiento de la
universidad a la industria (publicaciones
conjuntas, investigación conjunta)?
15Universities
- What benefits do universities gain from stronger
links with industry?
16U.S. University Characteristics
- Rapid growth in U.S. universities patenting and
licensing activity after the Bayh-Dole Act of
1980, which granted universities the right to
license inventions that resulted from federally
funded research? Has it shifted the average type
of research from basic to more applied research?
(Henderson et al 1998 Thursby and Thursby 2000) - Which technologies are more easily licensed?
technologies in very early embryonic stages (50
proof of concept and 50 lab-scale prototype)
(Jensen and Thursby 1998) - What factors favor university spinoffs? (Di
Gregorio and Shane 2000) - Licensing Activity ? Equity versus cash from
royalties (Feldman et. al. 2000)
17Has the Bayh-Dole Act shifted the average type of
research that is conducted at universities from
basic to more applied research?
- Henderson et al (1998)
- Patent quality measured by two variables (a)
its importance? how many times is it cited in
other patents. (b) its generality? in how many
patent classes is it cited. - Comparing university patents with a 1 random
sample of all patents in the U.S. during the
1965-92 period, they find that the trends in the
quality of university patents are similar to the
trends in the 1 random sample of all patents. - Their data illustrates that while the Bayh-Dole
Act has increased the propensity to patent, it
has not resulted in a shift in the overall
quality of patents generated at universities.
Quality of university patents 1965-92
Quality of a 1 sample of U.S. patents 1965-92
18Has the Bayh-Dole Act shifted the average type of
research that is conducted at universities from
basic to more applied research?
- Thursby and Thursby (2000)
- Survey data from 65 U.S. universities
- Their results suggest that the growth in
licensing patented university inventions is
driven primarily by an increase in professors
propensity to patent and firms propensity to
outsource RD by licensing, rather than a shift
in the average type of research from more basic
to applied. - Licensing growth universities function of
propensity professors to patent, firms to
outsource RD
19Which factors have a positive effect on
university startups?
- Di Gregorio and Shane (2000)
- Intellectual eminence of professors
- The possibility that the startup can offer equity
rather than cash to university professors
20Do universities that are more experienced and
successful at licensing are more likely to employ
equity than cash (royalties) in their licensing
agreements?
- Feldman et al (2000)
- Their results show that experienced university
TTO are more likely to use equity, because
although its use is more complex than cash, it
may increase the option value of some
technologies and also improve the alignment
between universitys interests and those of the
firm.
21Set de Preguntas 2
- Qué restricciones imponen las universidades
colombianas a los investigadores que quieren
licenciar su tecnología? - Qué apoyo brindan las universidades colombianas a
los investigadores que quieren licenciar su
tecnología? - Existe la posibilidad de que los investigadores o
las universidades reciban acciones de las
compañías en lugar de regalías en los acuerdos de
licencias? - Cuáles universidades colombianas han tenido éxito
en la creación de nuevas compañías?
22U.S. Research and Development
- By 1979, industry RD expenditures passed
government spending growing more than three-folds
after controlling for inflation between 1975 and
2000 (Litan et al. 2007)
23US Academic RD Funding from the Federal G and
Industry
24Industry Funding of University Research, 1973-2005
2.6 billion (2006)
Outsource of RD?
25Share of Academic RD Funding from the Federal
Government and Industry, 1994
Sources National Science Foundation, 2009
Arocena and Sutz (2001) Changing knowledge
production and Latin American Universities,
Research Policy, 30 1221-1234.
26Set de Preguntas 3
- Quién financia la mayor parte de la investigación
en las universidades colombianas (el gobierno o
la industria)? - Ha tenido la industria una participación
creciente en la financiación de investigación en
las universidades en los últimos 20 años? - Ha habido una caída en los recursos que las
empresas dedican a financiar investigación en
Colombia a partir del 2000?
27Most Respected Literature on U-I Relationships in
the U.S.
- Econometric models and estimation techniques
- Limitation of this literature? Data provided by
Association of University Technology Managers
(AUTM) patents, licensing agreements,
university startups. - policies that affect the vibrant trade in
scientific knowledge for commercial applications
that is not patented and does not flow through
the university TTO have been largely overlooked.
(Agrawal 2001, p. 294). - Non-patent channels of knowledge transfer have
been overlooked.
28Benefit to Firms and Universities
- Funding from Licenses?
- The median net royalty
- per university respondent to
- the AUTM surveys overall
- climbed from 440,000 in 1996
- to 950,000 in 2005.
- Most royalties from licensing agreements
- accrue to relatively few patents and relatively
- few universities that hold them.
- Research is starting to indicate that firms
- will benefit significantly by investing in
- the types of relationships that
- are not necessarily in the presence
- of efficient market such as those different from
- patents and licensing agreements (e.g.,
conferences, joint publications)
29Different industries value different channels
differently
Technology park Industrial incubators
High
Expected Technology flow to firms
Patent licensing Sponsor research Faculty
consulting Personal exchange
Industry Set 1
Training Recruiting of students
Publications Conferences Informal
conversations Grants Fellowships Scholarships dona
tions
Industry set 2
Low
Overall these channels are more important
Source Cohen et al (1998, 2000)
30Firms use different channels to access university
knowledge
Firm 1
Technology park Industrial incubators
High
Expected Technology flow to firms
Firm 2
Patent licensing
Publications
Low
Firms
Source Agrawal and Henderson (2000)
31Set de Preguntas 4
- Cuál es el ingreso por licencias de patentes en
las universidades colombianas y en su propia
universidad? - Qué tipo de relaciones informales (p.ej.,
publicaciones, conferencias, consultoría) tiene
su universidad con la industria? - Constituyen estas relaciones informales un
trampolín para desarrollar relaciones mas
formales (p.ej., acuerdos sobre licencias)?
32International Literature Review
33The Colombian Case Existing Literature
- Tognato, Carlo (2005) Comercializar la
Tecnología Generada desde las Universidades Un
Reto Institucional Revista de Ingeniería,
Universidad de los Andes. - Abello Llanos, Raimundo (2007) Factores Claves en
las Alianzas Universidad-Industria como Soporte
de la Productividad en la Industria local Hacia
un modelo de desarrollo económico y social
sostenible. Investigación y Desarrollo, 15
(001) 208-225. - Vesga, Rafael (2008) Emprendimiento e innovación
en Colombia Qué nos está haciendo falta?
Available at the WEB. - Colciencias (2008) Colombia construye y siembra
futuro
34The Colombian Case Existing Literature
- Tognato, Carlo (2005)? reto institucional
(universidades). Propone - Fijar metas medibles ? de licencias, de
spinoffs - Crear incentivos y políticas laborales que
faciliten el intercambio de investigadores entre
u-e - Crear instituciones ? OTT, Capital semilla,
incubadoras de empresas, clusters tecnológicos - Creación de una serie de comités que produzcan un
documento base y lo consulten con los
stakeholders. - Limitaciones de este artículo ? No presenta un
diagnóstico o análisis cuantitativo que
justifique sus recomendaciones de política.
35The Colombian Case Existing Literature
- Abello Llanos, Raimundo (2007) Usa el Modelo de
Gestión de Bruno y Vasconcellos (2003) para
analizar 8 casos de innovación desarrollada por
grupos de investigación en la U del Norte para
empresas. - El Modelo identifica 4 factores claves
- Institucional
- Organizacional
- Realización de valor
- Creación de valor
- Limitaciones del Estudio Tiene la U del Norte
una Oficina de Gestión? No hay un análisis
cualitativo de la relación u-e en la U del Norte
o en Colombia.
36The Colombian Case Existing Literature
- Vesga, Rafael (2005)? Emprendimiento e innovación
en Colombia Qué nos está haciendo falta?
Nivel Macro (País)
Nivel de Empresa
Nivel del Individuo
Universidad
- Análisis de estos 3 componentes a dos niveles
- El nivel teórico
- El emprendimiento innovador en Colombia
37The Colombian Case Existing Literature
- Vesga, Rafael (2005)?Qué nos hace falta?
- Capital de riesgo ? escasa cultura de evaluación
de proyectos y valoración de empresas que tienen
altos niveles de riesgo. Los capitalistas
colombianos prefieren invertir en el sector de la
construcción. - Redes de emprendedores
- Infraestructura física
- Sabemos muy poco sobre la innovación a nivel del
individuo y de la empresa - Actores? organizar los esfuerzos de actores que
están trabajando en algunos aspectos pero han
dejado otros de lado (no se discute?)
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39Disconnect between scientific effort and
technological development in Latin America (2001)
Country share in the total of patents granted
to foreigners in the U.S. Country share in the
total of scientific publications
worldwide Source World Intellectual Property
Organization
40Regiones
- Cuáles son los beneficios para las regiones o
ciudades de una mayor interacción entre las
firmas y la universidades locales?
41Regions
- Jaffe (1989)? Industrial Patents in states
FUNIVs RD in states - Both theoretical and empirical literature has
shown that university research positively
influences the capacity for innovation of the
surrounding firms (Jaffe 1989 Mansfield 1991,
1998 Nelson and Rosenberg 1993 Zucker, Darby,
and Armstrong 2001 Cohen, Nelson, and Wash
2002). -
42Technopolies
Why is it that Silicon Valley flourished while
Route 128 (Boston) declined in the 90s? SV
developed a decentralized but cooperative
industrial system while Route 128 came to
be dominated by independent, self-sufficient
corporations.
The technopolis wheel model, widely accepted as
a blueprint for Austins tech-driven future,
identified business, government, academia,
and business support groups, as the major players
in economic development.
43The Technopolis Framework
Education
LargeCompanies
SupportGroups
EmergentCompanies
networks
LocalGovernment
FederalGovernment
StateGovernment
Gibson D, Kozmetsky G, and Smilor R (1988)
44Support/Networking Groups are very important
- Chamber of Commerce
- Business and community groups
- Professional associations
- Entrepreneurial/Industry
- Associations
- The Austin Technology Council
- Austin has at least one networking event every
day with cultural/sport/recreation events on
every weekend. People get networked!
45Triángulo de Sábato o triple hélice?
- Sábato, Jorge A y Botana, Natalio (1968). La
Ciencia y la Tecnología en el Desarrollo Futuro
de América Latina. Revista de la Integración No
3, Buenos Aires, Noviembre 1968.
Source Luis Enrique Gamboa, April 2008.
Innovar para Producir Un Reto para el Gobierno,
la Universidad y la Empresa, Available at the
WEB.
461990 - 2000 Austin Enjoyed Spectacular
Economic Growth Why and How?
The Austin Model
47Dells Spectacular Growth
U.S. Employees
Sales, in billions
20,200 employees
Sales
48In the early 1980s Austin was the state capital
and a university town with a cowboy/ranching
culture the city was NOT known for high tech.
Jobs were mostly in government and education
the area could not retain its educated talent.
In the late 1980s Austin was most known for see
through buildings and a depressed economy NOT
entrepreneurship, venture capital, and
technology-based growth.
4910 Years Later The Best U.S. Cities for
Business Top Five Wealth Creators
- 1. Austin
- 2. Las Vegas
- 3. Salt Lake City
- 4. Phoenix
- 5. San Jose
Fortune, November 23, 1998
50Top 15 U.S. Cities for Entrepreneurship
- 1. Austin 9. West Palm Beach
- 2. Atlanta 10. Colorado Springs
- 3. Santa Rosa 11. Fort Collins
- 4. Boulder 12. Oakland
- 5. Boise City 12. Seattle
- 6. San Diego 14. Charlotte
- 7. Orange County 15. Fort Worth
- 8. San Antonio tied
Forbes magazine, Vol 165, 13, May 29, 2000, p.
137
51The University of Texas at Austin
- Flagship of the University of Texas System 15
academic and health institutions - 52,000 Students, including 13,000 graduate and
professional school students - Nationally ranked in Engineering, Computer
Science, Business, and Law - Global programs and large numbers of
international students - Located in Austin, TX
52IC2 INSTITUTEThe Innovation, Creativity, and
Capital InstituteThe University of Texas at
Austin
A think and do tank
- http//www.ic2.utexas.edu/
53What Makes IC2 Institute Different?
- Dr. George Kozmetsky (1917-2003)
- Co-founder Teledyne in 1960?a leading provider
of sophisticated electronic components and
communication products. Taking the company from
startup to a Fortune 500 company. - Dean - UT Austin Business School (1966-1982)
- Founded IC2 in 1977
- Winner of National Medal
- of Technology (1993)
- Educator, Entrepreneur,
- Mentor, and Visionary
54WHO WE ARE
- Research Publications
- Incubators Action Programs
- Regional Development
- Masters Program (MSTC)
- Visiting Scholars
- Non-degree Education Training Programs
- 32 years old
- 3.5 million
- 45 staff
- Over 240
- IC² Fellows
55Research Publications
- Broad-based transdisciplinary library of
theoretical and applied research (books,
monographs, journal articles, and working
papers). - Developed by resident IC² researchers, IC²
fellows, visiting scholars, and UT faculty
students.
56Global Endowed Fellows
- Endowed Fellows
- 18 premier scholars (professors) from various
disciplines across UT Austin - Work to expand the boundaries of science and
technology in theory and in practice. - Global Fellows
- Intellectual network of over 240 international
fellows from academia, business, and government. - From the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia
(Rodrigo Varela), England, Portugal, Sweden,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Israel,
China, Japan, Singapore, and Australia.
57Visiting Scholars
- Over 100 scholars from 16 countries doing
research on topics like regional economic
development, incubator management, technology
transfer and commercialization, technology
marketing, technology-, civic- and
social-entrepreneurship, and E-Learning - Korea Telecom
- Coruna University, Spain
- Tohoku University, Japan
- Moscow Science Park Izmaylovo
- Russian Venture Capital Association
- Adelaide University, Australia
- Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal
- Many others
58IC2s Selected Programs in Austin
59 Austin Technology Incubator (ATI)
- Non-profit organization that helps
small-technology based companies to transition
from early stage ventures to successful
technology businesses. It was funded by the IC2
Institute in 1989. - 150 companies launched
- 10,000 jobs created (2,850 direct, 7,150
indirect) - 1.2 billion in revenue generated
- 500 million in VC and other investments
secured - ATI Incubators (1) Bioscience, (2) Clean Energy,
- (3) Information
- Technology and Wireless
60Master in Science and Technology
Commercialization in Austin (MSTC)
- Objectives
- Learn to identify and evaluate emerging
technologies (e.g., Quicklook) - Identify customers and marketing strategies
- Develop broad, flexible business plans
- Build a high-functioning management team to drive
the new venture - Devise approaches for securing funding
- Manage and protect intellectual property
- Created in 1996
- 12 months (2 days per weekFriday and Saturday)
- Selected classes with Europe, Latin America,
Russia, etc. - In-Class Online (video cast)
- Average age 37
61Selected IC2 Institutes International Projects
and Programs
62CANADA Accelerating Technology-Based Economic
Growth and Entrepreneurship in Greater Moncton
- Study prepared for the Moncton Technology
Planning Group (representatives from
universities, local businesses, and the city). - Provides select strategies to
- Accelerate targeted industry
- clusters
- Create partnership
- and alliances among
- business, academic,
- government, and support/networking
- groups.
- Identified Monctons benchmark city
- (Oulu, Finland)? 129,000 people
- Small in Size, Big in Technology.
63MEXICOStrategic Plan to Accelerate Monterreys
Technology-Based Entrepreneurship
- Case studies of successful tech entrepreneurs
- Center for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(CGIE) - Advisors to the IDB-fundedMonterreys City of
- Knowledge Plan II
64MEXICOMaster of ST Commercializationin
Monterrey, Mexico
- Program
- Focuses on technology commercialization and
acquiring the skills set necessary to take a
product from lab to market. - Teaches candidates how to "bridge the gap"
between intellectual property (technology) and
the needs of the marketplace. - 12-course curriculum
- One-year
- Class of 2009 (August)
- First generation
- 42 graduates
- 7 from the private sector
- 35 from CONACYT as well as its sponsored RD
Centers from universities like ITESM and UANL
65MexicoTechBA Program INVITE Program
- Programs designed to
- Identify successful, high-value added Mexican
technologies - Provide training sessions to develop
commercialization strategies - Expose and position the tech businesses in global
markets - Facilitate their international interaction to
accelerate growth, increase sales, generate
strategic alliances, and attract investment - TechBA
- Mexican Ministry of the Economy, FUMEC and
ACELTEC - In Austin, Silicon Valley, Detroit, Phoenix,
Montreal and Madrid - Why in IC2? Because of its successful history in
tech business incubation and acceleration - For private sector tech businesses
- INVITE
- Program by the State of Nuevo Leon (Mexico)
- For technologies developed at universities or in
research laboratories
66PORTUGALInternational Collaboratory for
Emerging Technologies
- Interdisciplinary research advanced education
activities in digital media, advanced computing
and mathematics. - On-the-job training for entrepreneurs and
technology transfer officers and related
technology commercialization activities,
including internships and an exchange programto
form a University Technology Enterprise
Network, UTEN. - Continuous identification and promotion of
cooperation in emerging technologies between
UT-Austin and Portuguese institutions.
67ChileTechnology Business Acceleration Program
- Offset program in collaboration with Lockheed
Martin Aerospace, the Chilean Economic
Development Agency (CORFO), and its Innovation
Committee (INNOVA Chile) - To develop an industry of tech incubation,
commercialization business acceleration
management - The program
- Assesses Chilean incubators
- Assesses and selects Chilean technologies
- Assists in finding cooperative agreements outside
Chile - Helps to open new markets and opportunities for
Chilean companies - Trains incubator managers, CORFO staff and
entrepreneurs
68IndiaLockheed Martin Innovation Growth Program
- To accelerate the launch of Indian early-stage
technologies into the global marketplace - To enhance the growth development of Indias
entrepreneurial economy - Features
- Competitive selection process
- Specialized training funding opportunities
- Professional business development support to
enter global markets - Open to all Indian researchers, inventors,
entrepreneurs and companies with early stage
technologies with promising commercial potential
69http//www.ic2.utexas.edu/