Naslov
Determinants of knowledge sharing restrictions in life sciences: testing a role of academic-industry knowledge transfer, personal and context-specific factors

Autori
Gerbin, Ani ; Drnovšek, Mateja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the DRUID Society 2017 Conference, New York, SAD / - , 2017, 1-27

Skup
The DRUID Society 2017 Conference

Mjesto i datum
Sjedinjene Američke Države, 12.06.2017. - 14.06.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
knowledge sharing, restrictions, determinants, academic-industry, life sciences

Sažetak
Knowledge sharing in academic communities has been considered essential for the progress of science. Yet, important changes in the functioning of academic science system in the past decades have challenged open science principles. Legislative and policy changes have pushed academic sector towards an active role in commercialization of research. Many scholars have incorporated academic-industry interactions into the studies of determinants of knowledge sharing in the academic communities, but only few studies have taken into account that academic-industry knowledge transfer can occur in a variety of forms. Moreover, there are limited empirical analyses investigating different types of knowledge sharing in academia. In this paper, we explore the determinants of seven different types of knowledge sharing restrictions in the academic community. We consider three different types of academic-industry knowledge transfer as possible predictors of knowledge sharing restrictions: industry collaboration, intellectual property-based activities, and academic entrepreneurship-related activities. We also empirically assess the role of individual (scientific values, sharing outcome expectations, trust, reputation, scientific output, professional age, team size, rank and gender) and contextual (institutional sharing climate, competition) determinants of knowledge sharing restrictions. We analyze a sample of 212 life science researchers from Croatia to find that restrictions in each type of knowledge sharing are predicted by different forms of academic-industry knowledge transfer and different individual and contextual factors. The study contributes to the body of knowledge on determinants of sharing restrictions among academic life scientists, as it takes into account a broad range of individual and context-specific predictors of knowledge sharing restrictions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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