Why would the country of Burkina Faso issue postage stamps featuring Elvis? In part, to make money, one example of what has been called the commercialization of state sovereignty. I could issue stamps, but no one would buy them. But many philatelists (stamp collectors) want countries’ stamps, especially those with popular themes like Elvis or Disney characters, in their collection. I examine th...

Several international and domestic reports show that Canada is seriously lagging many countries in terms of bringing new products to market. Thus, there is call for a renewed commitment to accelerating technology commercialization in Canada. Commercialization ultimately takes place at the level of firms although market and other factors influence its pace and direction. This paper examines whic...

A growing body of research exists to support the use of geographically dispersed teams in the commercialization of new technologies. This paper discusses the results of a controlled experiment involving twelve geographically dispersed and co-located teams across three schools to study differences in team performance, group satisfaction, and trust. Introduction Product development and commercial...

Based on data from a survey of biological scientists at 125 American universities, this article explores how the commercialization of the university affects the problems academic scientists pursue and argues that this reorientation of scientific agendas results in a shift from science in the public interest to science for private goods. Drawing on perspectives from Bourdieu on how actors employ...

Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry is going through a bottleneck period and the low success rate of technical commercialization is exactly one of the most important reasons impeding ICT's development. Through data collection and analysis of three ICT enterprises in Guangzhou, 21 risk factors of ICT commercialization are identified with grounded theory and the three-level ICT co...