Technology Licensing to Non-Traditional Partners

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Gardner ◽  
Cathy Garner
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Neglected Diseases ◽  
Social Venture ◽  
Technology Managers ◽  
Social Venture Capital

The commercialization of technologies arising from university research depends on the ability of technology managers to find and contract with appropriate development partners. Substantial investment is required to bring new health-science technologies to market, and when such technologies appear to have limited commercial markets it can be difficult for technology managers to find any licensee willing to invest research and development dollars. Developments in the area of neglected diseases may open up new opportunities for licensing. Over the past decade, The Rockefeller Foundation and other donors have provided social venture capital to launch a number of non-profit ‘companies’ that have collectively raised more than $1 billion from philanthropic and government donors to support product development. These public–private partnerships (PPPs) support the development of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics to address diseases that predominantly afflict the poor, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Today there are nearly a dozen such PPPs following business models, managing portfolios of candidate products (often in-licensed from academia), negotiating in-kind support from the private sector or engaging industry through contract research and development, and using intellectual property in creative ways to harness private-sector know-how while ensuring affordability and access. Academic research institutions have many functions, including those of educating the next generation of scientists, advancing and sharing knowledge and, perhaps, even improving the world. Any technology manager who ever imagined there might be priorities beyond income generation should consider these non-traditional partners.

scholarly journals Big pharma’s search for a COVID-19 vaccine: Take It To The Limit!

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. I-VII
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Segers ◽  
Elina Gaile-Sarkane
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
The World ◽  
New Business ◽  
Biotechnology Companies ◽  
New Business Models

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic undermines the world economy, the affordability and accessibility of our health systems. It puts an increasing strain on global production, supply and value chains. The research and development of a set of COVID-19 vaccines is an unprecedented triumph of rapid innovation. The sense of urgency has prompted academic research institutions, big pharmaceuticals and dedicated biotechnology companies to develop vaccines targeting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease. Simultaneously, it unlocks new value for business, patients and society. Consequently, new business models have come to the forefront.

Rethinking the Catalytic Role of Private Sector for Inclusive Growth

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhamed Zulkhibri
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Business Models ◽  
National Income ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Private Firms ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
Growth Prospects

The paper argues that private firms play a vital role in enhancing inclusive growth prospects as investors, employers and creators of new and upgraded productive potential. Private sector activity matters for inclusive development as well as its quality, sustainability and inclusiveness. In most countries, the private sector is a major component of national income and the major employer and creator of jobs. The analysis suggests that private firms have the capacity to enhance inclusive growth prospects, given their ability to create new and higher value productive capacity. The capability of firms to launch new export products and raise product quality generates higher profitability and productive potential with spill over benefits to other firms and industries. However, private sector activity per se does not automatically result in equality of opportunity across individuals and firms. It has been very thoughtful to many countries to facilitate various actors to come together in public-private collaboration to build ‘Inclusive Business Models’ based on inclusive markets.

The changing role of marketing: Digital transformation of marketing

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Storbacka Robert ◽  
Kaj Anold
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Back Office ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Channel Environment

Digitalization affects every aspect of a firm’s business model–from front-end to back-office, from how firms create value for their customers to how they capture value– and doing so can reshape every facet of the firm. By adapting their business models to the possibilities of technology, firms are facing an accelerating transformation of their activities, offering new opportunities for “out-of-the-box” development of new processes and tools, which effectively challenge deeply engrained functional silo- based thinking. Despite the ubiquity of digital transformation, much academic research still seems to take a functional view (Verhoef et al. 2019), where information systems look into the development and adoption of specific technologies (Nambisan et al. 2017) or analytics schemes (Davenport and Ronanki 2018), strategic management research focuses on understanding the role of new digitalized business models (Foss and Saebi, 2017), and marketing research focuses on what is generally called “digital marketing” or the development of an omni-channel environment (Verhoef et al. 2015; Lamberton and Stephen 2016; Kannan and Li 2017).

scholarly journals BBusiness Models of eHealth Interventions to Support Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia in the Netherlands: Case Study Analysis (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Liane Christie ◽  
Lizzy Mitzy Maria Boots ◽  
Ivo Hermans ◽  
Mark Govers ◽  
Huibert Johannes Tange ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
People With Dementia

BACKGROUND In academic research contexts, eHealth interventions for caregivers of people with dementia have shown ample evidence of effectiveness. However, they are rarely implemented into practice and much can be learned from their counterparts (from commercial, governmental, or other origins) that are already being used in practice. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to (1.) examine a sample of case studies of eHealth interventions to support informal caregivers of people with dementia, that are currently used in the Netherlands; (2.) investigate what strategies are used to ensure the desirability, feasibility, viability, and sustainability of the interventions, and (3.) apply the lessons learned from this practical, commercial implementation perspective to academically developed eHealth interventions for caregivers of people with dementia. METHODS In step one, experts (N=483) in the fields of dementia and eHealth were contacted and asked to recommend interventions that met the following criteria: (1.) delivered via the internet, (2.) suitable for informal caregivers of people with dementia, (3.) accessible in the Netherlands, either in Dutch or in English, and (4.) used in practice. The contacted experts were academics working on dementia and/or psychosocial innovations, industry professionals from eHealth software companies, clinicians, patient organisations, and people with dementia and their caregivers. In step two, contact persons from the suggested eHealth interventions participated in a semi-structured telephone interview. The results were analysed using multiple-case study methodology. RESULTS Twenty-one eHealth interventions for caregivers of people with dementia were suggested by experts. Nine of these 21 interventions met all four criteria and were included in the sample for case study analysis. Four cases were found to have developed sustainable business models. Five cases were implemented in a more exploratory manner and relied on research grants to varying extents, though some had also developed preliminary business models. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the desirability, feasibility, and viability of eHealth interventions for caregivers of people with dementia are linked to their integration into larger structures, their ownership and support of content internally, their development of information and communication technology (ICT) services externally, and offering fixed, low-level pricing. The origin of the case studies was also important, as eHealth interventions that had originated in an academic research context less reliably found their way to sustainable implementation. In addition, careful selection of digital transformation strategies, more intersectoral cooperation, and more funding for implementation and business modelling research are recommended to help future developers bring eHealth interventions for caregivers of people with dementia into practice.

Ocean Climate: “Off the Shelf”

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Cole ◽  
Jeff Kinder ◽  
Weidong Yu
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Ocean Climate ◽  
Data Output ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
Additional Water ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
Additional Support

AbstractMeasuring ocean physics and atmospheric conditions at the sea-surface has been taking place for decades. The basic parameters measured remain with additional water column characteristics and meteorology added to data streams as technology advances within the community. A transition of this technology to the private sector from government and academic research institutions has occurred with additional support from innovative individual and group efforts in the field of ocean instrumentation. Due to licensing agreements between institutions and corporations along with entrepreneurial patents, scientists and engineers now have the resources available “off the shelf” (private sector purchase) to pursue and enhance the challenging task of measuring our offshore environment. As a result, long-term monitoring of ocean processes and changes has become more accessible to the research community at large. This paper describes one such project where original equipment manufactured instrumentation was integrated together to mirror the data output from government-funded monitoring systems on multinational ocean climate programs. RDSEA International, along with Down East Instrumentation, have developed a hybrid monitoring system using easily accessible off-the-shelf components.

Research on financial innovations: an interdisciplinary review

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad G. Nejad
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Breeding Ground ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Era ◽  
Financial Innovations

PurposeThe financial industry offers a unique setting to study innovations. Financial innovations have fueled the growth of economies, markets and societies. The financial industry has successfully become the breeding ground for innovative services, processes, business models and technologies. This study seeks to provide a holistic view of the literature on financial innovations, synthesize the research findings and offer future directions for research in light of three market developments that are disrupting the industry and opening up a new era for the financial services industry. Disruptions from within and outside the industry offer new generations of radically innovative services. Moreover, new generations of consumers differ from previous generations in their needs and wants and look for innovative ways to handle their financial needs. Finally, significant developments related to financial innovations have emerged in Asia and developing countries.Design/methodology/approachThis study systematically reviews the academic research literature on financial innovations in two phases. The first phase provides a quantitative review of 546 journal articles published between 1990 and 2018. In the second phase, the study synthesizes the extant research on financial innovations and maps them in five research areas: firms' introduction and adoption of FIs, financial innovation development, the outcomes of financial innovations, regulations and intellectual property, and consumers.FindingsThe analysis found that disciplines differ with regard to the employed research methodologies, the units of analysis, sources of data and the innovations they examined. A positive trend in the number of published articles during this period is observed. However, studies have primarily focused on the USA and Europe and less so on other parts of the world. The literature synthesis further identifies research gaps in the available research that highlight future research opportunities in light of the three market disruptions. The financial services industry is on the brink of a new era due to disruptions from within and outside the industry and the entrance of new generations of consumers. Moreover, the financial industry has successfully become the breeding ground for innovative services, processes and business models. Therefore, financial innovations offer promising opportunities for bridging the gap between research on product and service innovations.Research limitations/implicationsThe work provides a holistic and systematic overview of extant research on financial innovations and highlights future research opportunities in light of the three disruptive market developments. It helps researchers take advantage of the opportunities in studying financial innovations while maintaining industry relevance.Originality/valueThe study is the first to review and synthesize the academic research literature on financial innovations across marketing, finance and innovation disciplines. In addition, the study highlights three primary disruptive forces in the financial industry and identifies future research directions in light of these disruptive forces.

Mobiles for Development

2010 ◽  
pp. 467-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Mariscal
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Financial Exclusion ◽  
Market Solutions

This chapter offers a survey of recent literature on access gaps that focuses on pro-poor market solutions provided by mobile applications. The emerging literature on mobile uses in developing countries has focused on the benefits of voice and text messaging. However, there is little academic research on mobile applications such as m-banking. While a large number of low income people have access to mobile phones, these groups are excluded from the financial market. M-banking offers the opportunity to diminish this financial exclusion by offering access to credit and to savings which are key tools capable of transforming the livelihoods of the poor and the efficiency of the market. Accessibility is the major barrier for the expansion of mobile adoption by the poor. There is an important role for regulators to play in enabling an appropriate environment for the increase in the mobile penetration as well as business models for m-banking.

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