Motivation and Innovative Performance for R&D and non-R&D Inventors

• In Event: 540 - Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology Roundtable Session (one-hour).
  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 05. Technology/Innovation

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between an inventor’s motives and invention commercialization.Special emphasis is placed on the the difference of R&D and non R&D work setting. The data are based on a unique survey of patent inventors in the United States, and archival data. The GT/RIETI 2007 Inventor Survey includes information on commercialization for patented inventions and measures of inventor motives. The results indicate that inventors’ motives differentiate the outcome of innovative activities. We found that a firm motive and a task motive have positive effects on commercialization of patents. The results also suggest that the recognition motive has no effect on the commercialization of the patent. Based on the findings, future research and policy implications are discussed.

Author

• Yeonji No, Independent Scholar