Evidence suggests that economies with technology transfer initiatives provide a better supply of high-quality jobs and tend to be characterized by entrepreneurs with higher innovation contributions. This book explores the effectiveness of technology transfer policies and legislation on entrepreneurial innovation in a non-US context. It analyses the theoretical, empirical and managerial implications behind the success of technology transfer polices and legislations in stimulating entrepreneurial innovation; analyses which other contextual condition (e.g., culture) are necessary for successful implementation; and explores the extent and level of replication of US policies (e.g., Bayh-Dole Act, Small Business Innovation Research [SBIR] program) in other national and regional systems. In addition, this book looks at the effect technology transfer policies have on the adoption of open innovation and open science.

Maribel Guerrero is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University (UK). She is also a Research Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile). Her main research interests are focused on the conditioning factors of entrepreneurship inside existing organizations (e.g., entrepreneurial universities, academic entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, intrapreneurial employees) and on the context-specific link between entrepreneurial activities and socio-economic development in different contexts.
David Urbano is Professor and Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) and ICREA-Academia Research Fellow, Barcelona, Spain. He is also Deputy Director at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Research (CREIS) at UAB. His research focuses on the analysis of factors affecting entrepreneurship in different contexts, using the institutional approach as a theoretical framework, and combining quantitative methodologies.