Vanderford Nathan L, Marcinkowski Elizabeth
Markey Cancer Center and Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, USA.
Agricultural Biotechnology Program, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, USA.
F1000Res. 2015 May 28;4:133. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6487.2. eCollection 2015.
The commercialization of university-based research occurs to varying degrees between academic institutions. Previous studies have found that multiple barriers can impede the effectiveness and efficiency by which academic research is commercialized. This case study was designed to analyze the status of the commercialization activity at the University of Kentucky via a survey and interview with a successful academic entrepreneur in order to determine the impediments the individual perceived during the commercialization process. The study also garnered insight from the individual as to how the commercialization process could be improved. Issues with infrastructure were highlighted as the most significant barrier faced by the individual. The research subject also suggested that commercialization activity may generally increase if a number of factors were mitigated. Such insight can be communicated to the administrative leadership of the commercialization process at the University of Kentucky. Long term, improving university-based research commercialization will allow academic researchers to be more active and successful entrepreneurs such that intellectual property will progress more freely to the marketplace for the benefit of inventors, universities, and society.
大学科研成果的商业化在不同学术机构之间的程度各不相同。以往研究发现，多种障碍会阻碍学术研究商业化的有效性和效率。本案例研究旨在通过对一位成功的学术企业家进行调查和访谈，分析肯塔基大学商业化活动的现状，以确定该个体在商业化过程中所察觉到的障碍。该研究还从该个体那里获得了关于如何改进商业化过程的见解。基础设施问题被突出为该个体面临的最重大障碍。该研究对象还建议，如果一些因素得到缓解，商业化活动可能总体上会增加。这样的见解可以传达给肯塔基大学商业化过程的行政领导。从长远来看，改善基于大学的研究商业化将使学术研究人员能够成为更积极、更成功的企业家，从而使知识产权能够更自由地进入市场，造福于发明家、大学和社会。
