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Institutional Conflict of Interest: The Role of Interlocking Directorates in the Scientific Relationships between Universities and the Corporate Sector

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  • Sheila Slaughter
  • Scott L. Thomas
  • David R. Johnson
  • Sondra N. Barringer

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We examined the potential for institutional conflict of interest between the 26 private universities belonging to the Association of American Universities and the corporations to which they are tied through their boards of trustees. We were interested in the degree to which interlocks may have tightened over three points across an 11-year period (1994–2005). Our examination relies on a set of patenting profiles estimated from the universities and corporations in our sample. These were derived through a set of organization-event networks that were compared in terms of their structural similarity. We generated these profiles at each of the three time periods. We then measured the degree to which interlocks existed within and between the profiles with the hypothesis that systematically tighter interlocks within profiles may suggest the greater potential for institutional conflict of interest.

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  • Sheila Slaughter & Scott L. Thomas & David R. Johnson & Sondra N. Barringer, 2014. "Institutional Conflict of Interest: The Role of Interlocking Directorates in the Scientific Relationships between Universities and the Corporate Sector," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 85(1), pages 1-35, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:85:y:2014:i:1:p:1-35
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2014.11777317
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    1. Sapinski, Jean Philippe & Carroll, William K., 2017. "Interlocking directorates and corporate networks," SocArXiv 7t8c9, Center for Open Science.
    2. Leahey, Erin & Barringer, Sondra N., 2020. "Universities’ commitment to interdisciplinary research: To what end?," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(2).
    3. Jared L. Peifer & David R. Johnson & Elaine Howard Ecklund, 2021. "Is the Market Perceived to be Civilizing or Destructive? Scientists’ Universalism Values and Their Attitudes Towards Patents," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 170(2), pages 253-267, May.
    4. Jared L. Peifer & David R. Johnson & Elaine Howard Ecklund, 2019. "The Moral Limits of the Market: Science Commercialization and Religious Traditions," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 157(1), pages 183-197, June.
    5. Erin Leahey & Sondra N. Barringer & Misty Ring-Ramirez, 2019. "Universities’ structural commitment to interdisciplinary research," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 118(3), pages 891-919, March.
    6. Demetri L. Morgan & Lucy A. LePeau & Felecia Commodore, 2022. "Observable Evidence and Partnership Possibilities for Governing Board Involvement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Content Analysis," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 63(2), pages 189-221, March.

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