MIOIR Seminar Series - From invention to innovation: The role of corporate inventors in bringing their technology to the market
| Dates: | 31 March 2025 |
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| Times: | 15:30 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Alliance Manchester Business School |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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From invention to innovation: The role of corporate inventors in bringing their technology to the market
Markus Simeth, Associate Professor at the Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI) at Copenhagen Business School, will discuss the role of corporate inventors in driving the commercialization of new technologies.
Inventors are universally considered as the key resource in the generation of new technologies in R&D performing companies. However, their influence on the subsequent development and commercialization of their inventions remains relatively unexplored. This paper examines the impact of corporate inventors on downstream technology commercialization. By using information on premature inventor deaths, we analyze how inventors influence their inventions’ prospects of achieving a commercialization stage. Our empirical analysis suggests that the participation of corporate inventors has a positive impact on the process of bringing technologies to the market. The effect is particularly pronounced for (a) technologies that are closer to the scientific knowledge frontier and thus more distant to the product market, and (b) technologies in domains with higher uncertainty on the value of inventions, where the necessary steps to implement the invention are less predictable. These findings suggest that inventors accumulate relevant tacit knowledge during the knowledge generation phase that is useful for bringing the invention to the market.
About Markus Simeth:
Markus Simeth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. He earned his PhD from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). His research focuses on corporate R&D strategies (and in particular corporate science), R&D collaboration, and voluntary innovation disclosure. Markus’ work has been published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Research Policy, and the Journal of Corporate Finance.
About the Seminar:
Hosted by Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, these seminars feature visiting speakers on science, technology, and innovation policy. This event is in person for AMBS and UoM staff and students, with an online option available. Please feel free to share this invitation with your internal networks.
External participants are welcome to join online via Zoom, link to register will be available shortly.
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Aliiance Manchester Business School
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