“An invaluable collection of insights from some of the greatest minds on the subject of tech transfer. This is an important, timely volume—the definitive resource for research university leaders and staff, whose institutions are stepping up and pushing academic entrepreneurship to ever greater heights in service of our citizenry.”

Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor, The State University of New York

“In the great University of Chicago Press tradition of foundational handbooks, the new Chicago Handbook of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship by Link, Siegel, and Wright outlines and defines the basic tools, mechanisms, and issues associated with university technology transfer and provides the reader with a solid academic and analytical platform from which to make planning and design decisions or assessments. In doing so, the editors provide a foundational understanding of this new late-twentieth- to early-twenty-first-century role and function of the research university. The Handbook outlines and defines the basic tools, mechanisms, and issues associated with university technology transfer and provides the reader with a solid academic and analytical platform from which to make planning and design decisions or assessments.”

Michael M. Crow, president, Arizona State University

“This handbook, which is edited by three world-renowned academic experts on university technology transfer and academic entrepreneurship, provides valuable tools unavailable anywhere else.  Each of the articles provides unique insights into the current state of the art in this field.  This book will be of interest to both practitioners and academic scholars alike.”

Martin Kenney, professor, University of California, Davis, and senior project director, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy

"This Handbook, edited by Link, Siegel, and Wright, paints a vivid, data-driven, historically underpinned, and yet thoroughly modern view of the complexities, challenges, and potential of creating commercial and societal value from early stage university research. This is a must read—and a critical reference tool—for technology transfer practitioners, policy experts, investors, entrepreneurs, and other key players in the innovation ecosystem."

Mark Crowell, executive director of University of Virginia Innovation

"One of the most dramatic changes to universities in recent decades has been a much greater emphasis on their role in transferring and helping to exploit new technology for the purposes of innovation. In this book, three of the world’s leading experts on academic entrepreneurship have brought together the latest studies and insights from eminent scholars around the world. The findings represent essential reading for university managers and science policy makers as well as all those interested in innovation and entrepreneurship."

Ben R. Martin, professor, University of Sussex