The New Idea Factory: Expanding Technology Companies With University Intellectual Capital

by Gross, Clifford M.; Reischl, Uwe; Abercrombie, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781574770902
• ISBN10: 157477090X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Battelle Pr

Author Biography

Clifford M. Gross is CEO and founder of UTEK Corporation, a U2B business development company dedicated to building a bridge between university research results and companies that can bring new technology to the marketplace.

Table of Contents

tables and figures	v
preface	vii
acknowledgments	xiii
great thinking machines---the new idea factories	1	(10)
technology trends for the 21st century	11	(20)
the virtual company	31	(14)
building university and government laboratory relationships---U2B™	45	(14)
intellectual property	59	(6)
leveraging intellectual capital	65	(16)
public venture capital---thirst for the new idea	81	(6)
the new mortgage---financing the arbitrage between university technology and small public company securities	87	(6)
creating linkage a bridge is a series of links	93	(6)
bibliography	99	(2)
appendix I: U.S. university research expenditures and resulting technology production	101	(8)
appendix II: top 300 organizations receiving U.S. patents in 1998	109	(10)
appendix III: investment banks	119	(8)
appendix IV: government agencies involved in technology transfer	127	(38)
about the authors	165	(2)
index	167