This study contributes to pioneering literature on the impact of mobile phone-based money transfer, especially in agriculture. It provides information regarding financial intermediation to the excluded through the use of new generation Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools, especially the mobile phone. The study employs propensity score matching technique to examine the impact of MMT...

The process of technology commercialization involves numerous hurdles, from the original idea to its translation into the market. Patenting brings to light the research activities created through university-industry collaborations. This paper explores patent propensity, as related to commercializing innovative activities resulting from collaborations between universities and regional small and ...

Clean energy research and development (R D) leading to commercial technologies is vital economic development, technology competitiveness, reduced environmental impact. Over the past 30 years, such efforts have advanced performance cost by leveraging network effects economies of scale. After demonstrating promise in applied R D, successful clean efficiency are incorporated into an initial produc...

Internal corporate venturing enables radical innovation within established firms in mature markets. Without effectively designed and managed internal corporate ventures, the organizational constraints of established firms will strongly favour incremental innovation over radical innovation. This paper investigates the evolution of a successful internal corporate venture within a large, incumbent...

<p>Technology commercialization in universities which consists of three phases, namely basic research, feasibility, and runs non-linearly goes through licensing spin-off creation. To achieve success, there are eight influencing factors, academic entrepreneur, role technology, availability market, finance, intermediaries' support (i.e. University Technology Transfer Office (UTTO), universi...