Arvids Ziedonis

Assistant Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan

Ph.D. 2001 Berkeley × MBA 1988, MS 1982 Berkeley × BS 1981 Purdue

(215) 898-7519 × azied@umich.edu × homepage × cv (pdf)

At Michigan since 2002 × Previously at Wharton 1999-2002

Dissertation

"The Commercialization of University Technology: Implications for Firm Strategy and Public Policy"
Chaired by David Mowery × Best Dissertation in Technology Management, INFORMS (2003).

Research Interests

Management and organization of technology and innovation. Technology policy and strategy. Intellectual property protection. Measurement of innovation.

Books

Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States × with David Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat, Stanford University Press (2004).

Selected Articles

"Overoptimism and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms" with Robert Lowe × Management Science, (forthcoming).

"Changes in University Patent Quality After the Bayh-Dole Act: A Re-Examination" with David Mowery and Bhaven N. Sampat × International Journal of Industrial Organization 21(9): 1371-1390 (2003).

"Learning to Patent: Institutional Experience, Learning, and the Characteristics of University Patents After Bayh-Dole, 1981-1992" with David C. Mowery and Bhaven N. Sampat × Management Science 48(1): 73-89 (2002).

"Academic Patent Quality and Quantity Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States" with David C. Mowery × Research Policy 31(3): 399-418 (2002).

"The Commercialization of National Lab Technology through the Formation of Spinoff Firms: Evidence from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory" with David C. Mowery × International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 3(1), 106-119 (2001).

"The Growth of Patenting and Licensing by U.S. Universities: An Assessment of the Effects of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980," with David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, and Bhaven N. Sampat, × Research Policy 30, 99-119 (2001).

"Numbers, Quality, and Entry: How has the Bayh-Dole Act Affected US University Patenting and Licensing?" with David C. Mowery × in Adam Jaffe, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern (eds.): Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2001).