Mythologizing the Story of a Scientific Invention: Constructing the legitimacy of research commercialization

Volume: 41, Issue: 6, Pages: 799 - 820
Published: Jan 28, 2019
Abstract
This paper explores the processes through which an organizational story acquires mythological status within an organizational field. To this end, I analyse a story of a successful case of academic technology transfer that gained mythological status in the field of higher education in Israel: the commercialization of the innovative pharmaceutical drug Copaxone. I identify three concurrent processes of mythologizing work: organizational...
Paper Details
Title
Mythologizing the Story of a Scientific Invention: Constructing the legitimacy of research commercialization
Published Date
Jan 28, 2019
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
799 - 820
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