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Title: On the Commercialization Path: Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Outputs Among Women in STEM

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: This report presents an examination of innovation among women in STEM fields by identifying gaps in their entrepreneurial outcomes and highlighting future opportunities for policy improvements. First, it presents results of a descriptive data analysis using data from 2015 American Community Survey (ACS) and U.S. Census Bureaus 2007 and 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). This empirical analysis compares characteristics and outcomes of women and men entrepreneurs in STEM fields; women entrepreneurs in STEM and non-STEM fields; and self-employed women and women in wage/salary employment in STEM fields. The empirical analysis employs two proxies for entrepreneurship based on availability in the data: self-employment in examining ACS data and business ownership in examining SBO data. Furthermore, it focuses on commercialization of scientific innovations in its initial phase: the creation of intellectual property.

Url: https://www.nwbc.gov/sites/default/files/STEM Commercialization - website ready.pdf

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Authors: Demiralp, Berna; Morrison, Laura; Zayed, Stephanie

Publisher: National Women's Business Council

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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