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Selected Works of Dante Di Gregorio
Article
The Halo Effect and Technology Licensing: The Influence of Institutional Prestige on the Licensing of University Inventions
Management Science (2003)
  • Wesley David Sine, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Scott Shane, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Dante Di Gregorio, University of Maryland, College Park
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Abstract
Sociologists and organizational theorists have long claimed that the processes of knowledge creation and distribution are fundamentally social. Following in this tradition, we explore the effect of institutional prestige on university technology licensing. Empirically, we examine the influence of university prestige on the annual rate of technology licensing by 102 universities from 1991-1998. We show that institutional prestige increases a university's licensing rate over and above the rate that is explained by the university's past licensing performance. Because licensing success positively impacts future invention production, we argue that institutional prestige leads to stratification in the creation and distribution of university-generated knowledge.
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Publication Date
April, 2003
DOI
10.1287/mnsc.49.4.478.14416
Citation Information
Sine, W. D., Shane, S., & Di Gregorio, D. (2003). The Halo Effect and Technology Licensing: The Influence of Institutional Prestige on the Licensing of University Inventions. Management Science, 49(4), 478-496.