Dr. Albert Link
Professor
Virginia Batte Phillips Distinguished Professor
Department of Economics
Background
Research Areas: Innovation and Science Policy, Technology Transfer, Evaluation Methodology
Albert N. Link is the Virginia Batte Phillips Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Richmond (Phi Beta Kappa) and the Ph.D. degree in economics from Tulane University. After receiving the Ph.D., he joined the economics faculty at Auburn University where he remained until 1982 when he joined the economics faculty at UNCG.
Professor Link’s research focuses on entrepreneurship, technology and innovation policy, the economics of R&D, and policy/program evaluation. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Technology Transfer. He is also and co-editor of Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship and founder/editor of Annals of Science and Technology Policy. Among his more than 50 books, some of the more recent ones are: Handbook for University Technology Transfer (University of Chicago Press, 2015), Public Sector Entrepreneurship: U.S. Technology and Innovation Policy (Oxford University Press, 2015), Bending the Arc of Innovation: Public Support of R&D in Small, Entrepreneurial Firms (Palgrave Macmillan 2013), Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise (Oxford University Press, 2012), Public Goods, Public Gains (Oxford University Press, 2011), Employment Growth from Public Support of Innovation in Small Firms (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011), and Government as Entrepreneur (Oxford University Press, 2009). His other research consists of more than 180 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, as well as numerous government reports. His scholarship has appeared in such journals as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economics and Statistics, Economica, Research Policy, and Small Business Economics.
Professor Link was a member of the National Research Council’s research team that conducted the 2010 evaluation of the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Professor Link subsequently testified before Congress in April 2011 on the economic benefits associated with the SBIR program. Link also served from 2007-2012 as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations (Geneva) in the capacity of co-vice chairperson of the Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies Initiative for the Economic Commission for Europe.
Research and Awards
Dynamic Entrepreneurship and Technology-Based Innovation
Link, Albert N., D. Audretsch, and D. Kuratki
2016
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
26: 603-620
Employment in China’s Hi-Tech Zones
Chen, C.
Forthcoming
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journa
An Oasis of Knowledge: The Early History of Gateway University Research Park
Howard, E.
Forthcoming
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Embracing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: An Analysis of the Governance of Research Joint Ventures
Audretsch, D.
2017
Small Business Economics
The Structure and Performance of U.S. Research Joint Ventures: Inferences and Implications from the Advanced Technology Program
Adams, J.
2017
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Under the AEGIS of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship: Employment Growth and Gender of Founders among European Firms
Amoroso, S.
2017
Small Business Economics
Is the Bayh-Dole Act Stifling Biomedical Innovation?
Danziger, R., Scott, J.
2018
ISSUES in Science and Technology Policy
The Growth of U.S. Science and Technology Parks: Does Proximity to a University Matter?
Hobbs, K., Scott J.
2017
Annals of Regional Science
Why Do Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms Publish Their Innovative Ideas?
Hayter, C.
Forthcoming
Academy of Management Perspectives
On the Growth of Korean Technoparks
Yang, U.
2017
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Toward an Assessment of the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program at the National Institutes of Health
Scott, J.
2017
Science and Public Policy
Sources of Knowledge Used by Entrepreneurial Firms in the European High-Tech Sector
Amoroso, S., Audretsch D.
2017
Eurasian Business Review
Dynamic Entrepreneurship: On the Performance of U.S. Research Joint Ventures
Bray, J.
2017
Small Business Economics
On the Failure of Scientific Research: An Analysis of SBIR Projects Funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health
Andersen, M., Bray, J.
2017
Scientometrics
On the R&D/Marketing Interface in Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms
Boles, J.
2017
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Science and Technology Parks: An Annotated and Analytical Literature Review
Hobbs, K., Scott, J.
2017
Journal of Technology Transfer
Commercial Complexity and Entrepreneurial Finance
Scott, T., Scott, J.
2017
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Ideation, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
2017
Small Business Economics
On the Growth of European Apparel Firms
Hodges, N.
2017
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Gender and Entrepreneurship: An Annotated Bibliography
Strong, D.
2016
Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
Exploring the Effectiveness of Research and Innovation Policies among European Union Countries
Cunningham, J.
2016
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
R&D as an Investment in Knowledge Based on Capital
Swann, C.
2016
Economia e Politica Industriale, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics
On the Economic Performance of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Gicheva, D.
2016
European Economic Review
Capturing Knowledge: Private Gains and Public Gains from Universities Research Partnerships
2015
Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
The Gender Gap in Federal and Private Support for Entrepreneurship
Gicheva, D.
2015
Small Business Economics
Making Sense of the Elusive Paradigm of Entrepreneurship
Audretsh, D., and Kuratko, D.
2015
Small Business Economics
On the Failure of R&D Projects
Wright, M.
2015
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Technology-based State Growth Policies: The Case of North Carolina’s Green Business Fund
Hall, M.
2015
Annals of Regional Science
Toward an Assessment of Impacts from U.S. Technology and Innovation Policies
Bozeman, B.
2014
Science and Public Policy
Fostering University-Industry R&D Collaborations in European Union Countries
Cunningham, J.
2015
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Toward a Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process
Leyden, D.
2015
Small Business Economics
The Impact of Public Investment in Medical Imaging Technology: An Interagency Collaboration in Evaluation
O'Connor, A., Downs, B., Hillier, L.
2015
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
U.S. Research Joint Ventures with International Partners
Allen, S.
2015
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
University Proof of Concept Centers
Hayter, C.
2015
ISSUES in Science and Technology
On the Economic Impact of University Proof of Concept Centers
Hayter, C.
2015
Journal of Technology Transfer
Economic Analysis of Opportunities to Accelerate Alzheimer’s R&D
Scott, T., O'Connor, A., Beaulieu, T.
2014
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
A Theoretical Analysis of the Role of Social Networks in Entrepreneurship
Leyden, D., Siegel, D.
2014
Research Policy
The Returns to R&D: Division of Policy Research and Analysis at the National Science Foundation
Hall, M., Layson, S.
2014
Science and Public Policy
Private Equity and the Innovation Strategies of Entrepreneurial Firms: Empirical Evidence from the Small Business Innovation Research Program
Ruhm, C., Siegel, D.
2014
Managerial and Decision Economics
Research Risk and Public Policy in a Knowledge-Based Economy: The Relative Research Efficiency of Government versus University Labs
Leyden, D.
2014
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Knowledge Spillovers, Collective Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: The Role of Universities
Leyden, D.
2013
Small Business Economics
Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: An Exploratory Look
Bradley, S., Hayter, C.
2013
Journal of Technology Transfer
Models and Methods of University Technology Transfer
Bradley, S., Hayter, C.
2013
Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
Public R&D Subsidies, Outside Private Support, and Employment Growth
Scott, J.
2013
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise
Audretsch, D.
2012
Small Business Economics
Fathers’ Patenting Behavior and the Propensity of Offspring to Patent: An Intergenerational Analysis
Ruhm, C.
2013
Journal of Technology Transfer
Leveraging Entrepreneurship through Private Investments: Does Gender Matter?
Gicheva, D.
2013
Small Business Economics
Regional Appropriation of University-Based Knowledge and Technology for Economic Development
Audretsch, D., Leyden, D.
2013
Economic Development Quarterly
From Laboratory to Market: On the Propensity of Young Investors to Form a New Business
Welsh, D.
2013
Small Business Economics
A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Book
A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Link, A., Audretsch, D., Lehmann, E.
Edward Elgar
Forthcoming
Sources of Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Behavior
Book
Sources of Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Behavior
Link, A., Audretsch, D.
University of Toronto Press
Forthcoming
The Social Value of New Technology
Book
The Social Value of New Technology
Link, A., Scott, J.
Edward Elgar
Forthcoming
Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of European Textile and Apparel Firms
Book
Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of European Textile and Apparel Firms
Link, A., Hodges, N.
Springer
2017
Gender and Entrepreneurial Activity
Book
Gender and Entrepreneurial Activity
Link, A.
Edward Elgar
2017
Universities and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Book
Universities and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Link, A., Audretsch, D.
Edward Elgar
2017
The Economics of Standards
Book
The Economics of Standards
Link, A.
Edward Elgar: London
2016
Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles: Public Science and Private Innovation
Book
Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles: Public Science and Private Innovation
Link, A., O'Connor, A., Scott, T.
Routledge: London
2015
Public Sector Entrepreneurship: U.S. Technology and Innovation Policy
Book
Public Sector Entrepreneurship: U.S. Technology and Innovation Policy
Link
Oxford University Press: New York
2015
Public Support of Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms
Book
Public Support of Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms
Link, A.
Edward Elgar: London
2013
Bending the Arc of Innovation: Public Support of R&D in Small, Entrepreneurial Firms
Book
Bending the Arc of Innovation: Public Support of R&D in Small, Entrepreneurial Firms
Link, A., Scott, J.
Palgrave-Macmillan
2013
The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Modern Entrepreneurship
Chapter
The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Modern Entrepreneurship
Audretsch, D., and Lehmann, E.
From Integrating Functions to Integrating Ideas
Link, A.
161-171
Routledge
2016
Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit
Chapter
Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit
Besha, P., and MacDonald, A.
Does Information About Previous Projects Promote R&D on the International Space Station?
Link, A., Maskin, E.
43-59
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2016
Creating Competitiveness Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies for Growth
Chapter
Creating Competitiveness Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies for Growth
Audretsch, D., Walshok, M.
Collective Entrepreneurship: The Strategic Management of Research Triangle Park
Link, A., Leyden, D.
176-185
Edward Elgar
2013
Editor-in-Chief
1996-present
Journal of Technology Transfer
Co-Editor
2015-present
Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
Advisory Panel to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on economic development strategies of Low-Earth Orbit and commercialization options for the International Space Station
2014-2015
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Keynote Address: OECD Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Enterprise Dynamics, OECD Working Party on Industry Analysis
2014
OECD
Advisory Committee of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Impact Assessment Unit
2011-2012
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, “Small Business Innovation Research Program”
April 7, 2011
Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor
2016-Present
Annals of Science and Technology Policy
“Economic Impacts of University Research Parks”
"Economic Impacts of University Research Parks"
$51,000 with University Matching
Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
2016-2017
“Technology-based Nascent Entrepreneurship”
"Technology-based Nascent Entrepreneurship"
$14,500
Kauffman Foundation
2014-2015
“Public/Private Partnership Models”
"Public/Private Partnership Models"
$14,000
New York Academy of Sciences
2013-2014