Max Planck Institute of Economics - Dr. T. Taylor Aldridge

	Dr. T. Taylor Aldridge
	Senior Research Fellow
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
	phone:	+49 - 3641 - 686 735
	fax:	+49 - 3641 - 686 710
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Since January 2009	Senior Researcher Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena
2005 - January 2009	Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Economics and Ph.D. candidate, University of Augsburg
2003-2005	Masters of Public Affairs (M.P.A.), the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1998-2002	Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana Economics and Political Sciences

Commercialization of Science
Academic Entrepreneurship
Originality and Generality of Innovation in Public R&D
Social Capital and Firm Performance
Barriers to Entry and Patent Opposition
Commodification of Nationalism and Patriotism in the Private Sector and Political Externalities

Scientist Commercialization as a Conduit of Knowledge Spillovers, Annals of Regional Science, 2009, forthcoming (with David Audretsch)
Policy Bias and modes of Commercialization for Universities Technology Transfer, Research Policy, 2010, forthcoming (with David Audretsch)
Social Capital Building and New Business Formation: A Case Study in Silicon Valley, International Small Business Journal, 2010, forthcoming (with David Audretsch and Mark Sanders)

Scientist Commercialization and Knowledge Transfer, D. Audretsch, ed. In Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth. Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, (2009) forthcoming. (with David Audretsch)
The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Clusters. C. Karlsson ed. In: Handbook of Research on Cluster Research on Cluster Theory. Northhampton, MA, Edward Elgar. (2008), 67-77. (with David Audretsch)
The Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. R. Coppella and P. Nijkamp eds. In: Regional Growth and Development Theories Northhampton, MA, Edward Elgar. (2008), 201-210.

Scientist Novelty and Generality in Patents and University Startups (mimeo.)
Scientists Startups and Venture Capital Firm Formation (mimeo.)
The Knowledge Filter and Economic Growth: The Role of Scientist Entrepreneurship (with David Audretsch and Alex Oettl)
Public Investment and Scientists IPOs: Reevaluating Rate of Return of Public Investment and Basic Science (mimeo.)
Scientists and Going Green: how European Governments Funded the Green Revolution (mimeo)
Barriers to Entry for Small and Large Firm Patents: How Patent Opposition leads to Small Firm Relocation (mimeo.)

105,000€ European Commission, FP7, for "European Scientist Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth" (November 2008- November 2010) AEGIS GRANT.

New York Times, 10.04.06, "U.S. Research Often Leads to University Startups"
Nature Magazine, 16.04.06, "US Cancer Funding Creates Business as well as Science"
Red Herring Magazine, 01.05.06, "Measuring University Startups"
Max Planck Forschung Zeitschrift, 01.06.06, "Geschäftsideen aus dem Labor"

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