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Download full textWeissman, Robert; Bourke, Jaron – 1988
In 1988, Harvard University unveiled plans for Medical Science Partners (MSP), a venture capital fund intended to invest in and commercialize faculty biomedical projects. Critical of what is perceived as a "15 year long trend" wherein Harvard has "forged deeper and more extensive ties with the biomedical industry," the document…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Business, Capitalism, Corporate Support
Peer reviewedBourke, Jaron; Weissman, Robert – Academe, 1990
Universities are compounding the problems created by faculty entrepreneurship by gaining an unprecedented financial interest in the prosperity of the biomedical industry. This interferes with the institutions' other functions of critiquing social policy, explaining technical matters, and performing research for publicly decided goals. The…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Faculty, College Role, Entrepreneurship
