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. 2025 Sep;43(9):2090-2092.
doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.02.017. Epub 2025 Mar 25.

Academic entrepreneurship: promise and perils

William N Hait  1 , Michal Preminger  2
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Academic entrepreneurship: promise and perils

William N Hait et al. Trends Biotechnol. 2025 Sep.
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Abstract

As academic institutions strive to meet financial demands, a tantalizing opportunity posits that faculty have untapped treasures emanating from laboratories or astute clinical observations awaiting commercialization. 'If only this alchemy could be turned into gold', administrators muse. Understanding the complexities of academic entrepreneurship should provide words of caution and encouragement.

Keywords: academic entrepreneurship; patent strategies; rewards; risks.

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Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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