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IP, Organizational Strategy

August 2, 2021

Growth Industry: Technology Transfer

The librarians at Indiana University sent some content my way that highlighted what I had experienced working at the University of Pittsburgh. Institutions of higher education, particularly larger schools, have staff, policies, strategy, and resources specifically for the development, management, and transfer of innovation from the researcher(s) to industry. The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 transformed […]

Nonprofits

March 4, 2017

PayPal Giving Fund: Good Intentions Don’t Ensure Good Outcomes

On February 28, 2017, PayPal, Inc. and PayPal Giving Fund were named as defendants in a class action lawsuit. The main headline the lawsuit generated is that donors who made gifts to charities and nonprofits through the PayPal Giving Fund (PPGF) had their gifts re-directed to other organizations without their consent. The complaint contains much […]

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