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082			_a658.589 _bALU
100			_aAlunni,Andrea
245			_aInnovation Finance and Technology Transfer : Funding Proof-of-Concept
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2019
300			_aviii, 79p. _b23 cm.
490			_aRoutledge studies in innovation, organization and technology.
500			_a Offering proof-of-concept (POC) to inventors is often a difficult task for most Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs). Through an in-depth analysis of 15 years of IP portfolio management by Oxford University Innovation (OUI), this book identifies the salient aspects of the technology transfer evolution and the role that technology transfer managers (TTMs) play in closing the gap between academia and business. Innovation Finance and Technology Transfer: Funding Proof of Concept seeks to prove that a well-managed POC Fund can achieve positive financial results and that the chances for an IP portfolio management to be "in the money" increases if the TTO is attached to an entrepreneurial University. This work illustrates how innovation based on Intellectual Property Rights protected and managed by a highly-skilled group of technology transfer managers succeeds in technology transfer. It offers a vademecum to practitioners to follow a step by step best practice procedure embraced by the Oxford TTO to manage the POC investment process. This bookis valuable reading for intellectual property scholars, business school students, social sciences researchers, investment professionals and technology transfer practitioners, as well as those working in innovation think tanks and policy circles.
650			_aIntellectual property -- Management.
650			_aTechnology transfer.
650			_aLAW -- Intellectual Property -- General.
700			_aAndrea Alunni
942			_cBK
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