Technology Transfer Society
Annual Meeting
Toronto, September 26-28, 2019
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
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Thursday, September 26
Library at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
315 Bloor Street West
6:00-8:00PM Welcome Reception
Remarks: David Wolfe
Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs Policy
Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga
Friday, September 27
Campbell Conference Facility (CCF)
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
1 Devonshire Place
8:30AM Registration
9:00AM Welcome Remarks
Vivek Goel
Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives
University of Toronto
Shiri M. Breznitz
Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
University of Toronto
9:30AM Keynote Address – Data in the Service of Policy
Kaye Husbands Fealing
Chair and Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chair: David Wolfe
Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs Policy
Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga
10:45AM Break
11:00AM Parallel Sessions
Session 1.1
Room: CCF, 1 Devonshire Place
Chair: Albert N. Link
Deep offshore exploration and production with state-owned oil companies: Comparing Petrobras and Pemex
Scott McKnight
The role of research funding in African innovation policy
Leila Tahmooresnejad, Catherine Beaudry
The fountain of knowledge: An epistemological perspective on the growth of U.S. SBIR-funded firms
David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link
Collaboration in times of connectivity
Majlinda Zhegu, Ingela Sölvell
Metrics framework for evaluating technology transfer of federally-funded research
Vanessa Peña, Christian Dobbins, James Mandelbaum
Session 1.2
Room: 108N, 1 Devonshire Place
Chair: Christopher S. Hayter
Use me when you need me: Firms’ co-creation output with universities and the economic cycle
Ana María Gómez-Aguayo, Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro
Aligning scientific impact and societal relevance: The roles of academic engagement and interdisciplinary research
Pablo D’Este, Irene Ramos-Vielba, Nicolas Robinson-Garcia
Multinational companies and industrial inventors’ interactions with international universities
Claudio Fassio, Aldo Geuna, Federica Rossi
Examining public perception of the university-industry collaboration research by a split-run test: Pitfalls in academic technology transfer policy
Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Makiko Takahashi
Session 1.3
Room: 208N, 1 Devonshire Place
Chair: Phil Shapira
Limiting innovation? Patenting impacts following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. versus CLS Bank
Jesse Frumkin, Nicholas A. Pairolero, Asrat Tesfayesus, Andrew A. Toole
Patent technological diversity and pendency time
Kejia Zhu, Yaohan Li, Shavin Malhotra
To patent or not to patent: Open innovation mechanisms within an emerging personalized medicine innovation ecosystem
Andrew Park, Elicia Maine
Session 1.4
Room: Board Room, 315 Bloor Street West
Chair: Dan Breznitz
Counterfeits: An empirical analysis of economic performance and innovative activities of affected companies
Vincenzo Butticè, Federico Caviggioli, Chiara Franzoni, Giuseppe Scellato, Nikolaus Thumm
The role of patents under different institutional frameworks: A historical perspective
Patrick Llerena, Françoise OlivierUtard, Véronique Schaeffer
How important are patents in the decision to scale up and commercialize Canadian innovations?
Nancy Gallini, Aidan Hollis
12:30PM Lunch – Lounge, Campbell Conference Facility
1:45PM Keynote Address – Fostering High-Risk, High-Gain Research
Chiara Franzoni
Associate Professor, School of Management & Director of the Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, MIP-Graduate School of Business
Chair: Dan Breznitz
Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab & Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
3:00PM Break
3:15PM Parallel Sessions 2
Session 2.1
Room: CCF, 1 Devonshire Place
Chair: Chiara Marzocchi
Does governmental support help Canadian firms surmount obstacles to innovation and be more innovative?
Catherine Beaudry, Charles Bérubé
The impact of I-Corps on academic entrepreneurship
Jan Youtie, Seokkyun Woo, Seokbeom Kwon
Novel data uses for innovation research: Analyzing websites of small and medium-sized manufacturers in Cana46
Sandra Schillo, Louise Earl
Innovation and societal strategies of SMEs in emerging technologies: Insights from business websites
Philip Shapira, Fatemeh Salehi, Abdullah Gök
Session 2.2
Room: 108N, 1 Devonshire Place
Chair: Pablo D’Este
The emergence of the software outsourcing industry in Ukraine: Past developments and future outlook
Anwar Aridi, Christopher S. Hayter
The Return on Investment initiative of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Courtney Silverthorn, Christopher S. Hayter
Estimation of indirect effects of technological platforms as technology transfer tool: The impact of French Technological Research Institutes on non- beneficiary SMEs performance
Ruben Fotso
The Alacrity Accelerator Network: An innovative Canadian accelerator model
Ben Spigel, David A. Wolfe
Session 2.3
Chair: Amos Zehavi
Room: 208N, 1 Devonshire Place
Foreign direct investment, technological advancement, and absorptive capacity: A network analysis
Nasrin Sultana, Ekaterina Turkina
Technological catch-up by procurement for big science facilities: The case of Korean firms in nuclear fusion research
Ki-Seok Kwon, Cornelia Lawson, Ara Cho
The adoption patterns of advanced and digital technologies in Canada
Georges Hage, Catherine Beaudry, Pierre Therrien
Session 2.4
Chair: Shiri Breznitz
Room: Board Room, 315 Bloor Street, West
Global versus local star inventors: Human capital and firm innovation activities
Daniele Battaglia, Federico Caviggioli, Antonio De Marco
Suppliers’ ability to influence innovation of multinational automobile producers
Ana Hafner, Dolores Modic
Knowledge production and spillovers of academic R&D contests
Koichiro Okamura
Creating high-potential alumni entrepreneurs: The imprinting effect of student work terms
Margaret Dalziel, Nada Basir
4:45PM Parallel Sessions Conclude
6:30PM Conference Dinner
Location: Seeley Hall, Trinity College
University of Toronto
6 Hoskins Street, Toronto ON M5S 1H8
8:30PM Conference Dinner Concludes
Saturday, September 28
Campbell Conference Facility (CCF)
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
1 Devonshire Place
9:00AM Keynote Address -Social Innovators as Agents of Technology Transfer
Yuko Aoyama
Dean of Research & Graduate Studies, Office of Academic Affairs, Clark University
Chair: Shiri Breznitz
Associate Professor, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs Policy
Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto
10:15AM Break
10:30AM Parallel Sessions 3
Session 3.1
Room: CCF, 1 Devonshire Place
Chair: Jan Youtie
The locus of innovation and entrepreneurship on university campuses: (How) Does it matter?
Peter T. Gianiodis, Tobin Turner, Gage Giunta
Entrepreneurship education and firm formation
Shiri M. Breznitz, Qiantao Zhang
Entrepreneurship education in Canadian HE: Progression of an academic movement
Donna Heslin, Creso Sá
Graduate start-ups in the regional contexts: Territorial dynamics for anchoring talent
Fumi Kitagawa, Chiara Marzocchi, Mabel Sanchez-Barrioluengo, Elvira Uyarra
Research opportunities considering student entrepreneurship in university eco- systems
Simon Mosey, Paul Kirkham
Session 3.2
Chair: Aldo Geuna
Room: 108N, 1 Devonshire Place
Do universities generate bi-directional effects in emerging economies’ innovation ecosystems?
Paola Rücker Schaeffer, Bruno Brandão Fischer, Maribel Guerrero
University-industry collaboration and regional innovation: Does university research quality matter?
Kwadwo Atta-Owusu, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
University-industry interactions from proximity lenses: Reflections from Norway
Utku Ali Riza Alpaydin, Rune Dahl Fitjar
Knowledge flows between universities and industry: The impact of distance, technology compatibility and ability to diffuse knowledge
Nivedita Mukherji, Jonathan Silberman
Session 3.3
Chair: Catherine Beaudry
Room: B019, 315 Bloor Street West
Negotiated settlements among stakeholders: Creating capacity to confront disruption
Anita M. McGahan, James Shaw, Payal Agarwal
Do collaboration lead to more innovative ideas?
Rune Dahl Fitjar, Nina Hjertvikrem, Yuko Onozaka
Bolstering the capacity to innovate at Canadian post-secondary institutions through research infrastructure funding
Stéphane Mercure, Patrick MacGuire, Laura Hillier
Public support of technology development in small firms: North Carolina’s Matching SBIR/STTR Grant Program
John Hardin, David Kaiser, Albert N. Link
Session 3.4
Chair: Shauna Brail
Room: Board Room, 315 Bloor Street, West
Endowing university spin-offs pre-formation: Entrepreneurial capabilities for scientist-entrepreneurs
Jon Thomas, Martin Bliemel, Cynthia Shippam-Brett, Elicia Maine
Assessing the role of championing leadership in enhancing academic entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. research universities
Haneul Choi, Donald Siegel
On universities’ ability for technology transfer: Do technology transfer office cohorts matter?
Dolores Modic, Jana Suklan
The impact of knowledge networks on the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities by Early-Stage-Researchers (ESRs)
Marie Gruber, Thomas Crispeels, Pablo D’Este
12:00PM Lunch – Lounge, Campbell Conference Facility
1:15PM Parallel Sessions 4
Session 4.1
Chair: David Wolfe
Room: CCF, 1 Devonshire Place
Maximizing innovation and technology commercialization of federal research investments through the best practices of innovation and economic prosperity universities
Paula Sorrell, Sarah Crane
Project based determinants of academic entrepreneurship as result of proof-of-concept programs
Daniele Battaglia, Emilio Paolucci, Elisa Ughetto
International academic mobility and entrepreneurial knowledge: The moderator-mediator role of interpersonal networks
Kevin De Moortel, Thomas Crispeels, Jinyu Xie, Qiaosong Jing
Academic engagement and performance-based governance: A re-assessment using experimental data
Anders Broström
Session 4.2
Chair: Shiri Breznitz
Room: 108N, 1 Devonshire Place
Funding emerging ecosystems
Paige Clayton, Maryann Feldman, Benjamin Montmartin
Does university entrepreneurship ecosystem engage technology commercialization in emerging economies?
Matías Lira, Maribel Guerrero, Julio de Castro
Pre-competitive consortia: An underutilized technology transfer tool?
Sen Chai, Willy Shih
Session 4.3
Chair: Tara Vinodrai
Room: B019, 315 Bloor Street West
Genesis at work: Advancing inclusive innovation through manufacturing extension
Nichola Lowe, Greg Schrock, Ranita Jain, Maureen Conway
Responding to technological disruption: Active labour market policies and the problem of access bias
Alix Jansen
Using convergent innovation to achieve inclusive innovation goals: A modular governance framework for addressing complex social problems
Srivardhini Jha, Richard Gold, Hassan P. Ebrahimi, Laurette Dube
Manufacturing space for inclusive innovation? A study of maker spaces in southern Ontario, Canada
Tara Vinodrai, Christian Zavarella, Brenton Nader
Session 4.4
Chair: Georges Hage
Room: Board Room, 315 Bloor Steet, West
Socially responsible innovation: Ride-hailing, inclusive mobility and cities
Shauna Brail, Betsy Donald
Technology – A boost or a bane? Inclusive innovation and social choices
Dan Breznitz, Amos Zehavi
Digital platforms for more inclusive agri-food innovation and value chains: A quasi-experimental study of Ekutir’s microentrepreneur-led digital ecosystem and its societal outcomes in Odisha, India
Cameron McRae, Laurette Dubé, Yun-Hsuan Wu, Samik Ghosh, Summer Allen, Daniel Ross, Saibal Ray, Pramod K. Joshi, John McDermott, Srivardhini Jha, and Spencer Moore
Scaling Inclusive Innovation to Societal-Scale Impacts: Convergent Innovation as an Integrative Meta-Framework and Illustrative Case of Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
L Dube , RS Schillo, F Diaz Lopez, A Rigas, J Struben, S van der Burg, V Blok
2:45PM Conference Closing Remarks
Room: Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place
3:00PM Adjournment