In “Buying Health: the Costs of Commercialization and an Alternative Philosophy”, Larry R. Churchill and Shelley C. Churchill discuss the commercialization of health and, in particular, the commercialization of nutrition. In this commentary on their article, I draw a connection between Churchill and Churchill’s account of the commercialization of nutrition and Michael Pollan’s critique of “nutr...

What national policies are most efficient in promoting the commercialization of universitygenerated knowledge? We address this question by characterizing and evaluating the policy pursued in Sweden and the US, two countries that put a great deal of resources into university R&D, but follow very different models for commercialization. Despite a leading academic record, there is an impression of ...

Technological innovationprocess startswith technical discovery of new things or newways of doing things, i.e., invention. With the commercialization of invention, the term, innovation, takes place instead of invention. The process ends with (duplicative and/or creative) imitation by competitors. It is expected that maximum profits can be achieved in the time interval from commercialization of i...

in “buying health: the costs of commercialization and an alternative philosophy”, larry r. churchill and shelley c. churchill discuss the commercialization of health and, in particular, the commercialization of nutrition. in this commentary on their article, i draw a connection between churchill and churchill’s account of the commercialization of nutrition and michael pollan’s critique of “nutr...

Introduction Industrial research is defined as planned search or critical investigation for the acquisition of new knowledge and advancement of science with the objective of applying such knowledge and advancement for developing new products, processes or services, or in bringing about a significant improvement in existing products, processes or services. Development is the translation of resea...

Junior livestock projects provide excellent opportunities for youth to gain education and new experiences. Recent advancements in genetic testing have allowed for commercialization and widespread use of genetic testing for production traits and diseases. Youth livestock programs can benefit from the knowledge and application of genetic testing. Genetic testing is beneficial to both producers an...

Preliminary definitions of knowledge, information and data are presented due to a theoretical model of cognition relating to human understanding on the basis of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence. Due to the definitions, a meaning and role of knowledge management are discussed for explicit, implicit and real-tacit knowledge that are classified from the viewpoint of practice. On th...

This paper explores the use of publications and patents their covariates among small, knowledge-based firms pursuing technology commercialization. It does so through an empirical examination 1180 small firms’ R&D projects, all which were funded Phase II U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards. As such, responds to recent calls investigate not only how utilize specific IP strategie...