Does Academic Patenting Influence the Public Good of Research? Evidence From Chinese Universities

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Abstract

Scholars from Chinese universities are becoming more proactive in their efforts to commercialize research results. This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the interaction between academic patenting and scholars’ research performance with evidence from China. Using data from 42 top universities we find that the number of academic patent has a stable synergistic effect on scholars’ research performance, but only to a certain point. Exclusive licensing declines scholars’ research performance significantly except for highly productive researchers.

Authors

• Siyu Yao, Beijing Institute of Technology

• Suki Wang, University of California - Riverside