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Bay Area's universities rank high in commercialization of research
San Francisco Business Times - September 29, 2006
by Daniel S. Levine

In the film 'Max Dugan Returns,' the title character encourages his grandson to study philosophy. His grandson asks, 'Can you make money from philosophy?' and Max replies, 'Yeah, if you have the right one.'

That, it turns out, may be the secret to being successful at technology transfer -- the movement of university-created technology into the private sector where it can fuel company formation, jobs and benefits to its users.

A new report from the Milken Institute 'Mind to Market: A Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization' explores the question of what makes a university successful at transferring its research to industry.

The question is by no means an academic one as the governments have seized on the important role universities play as drivers of a region's economy.

'Some of the academics we talk to don't think it"