KNOWLEDGE COMMERCIALISATION IN THE NETHERLANDS

This paper expands on the theory on knowledge commercialisation by looking at the determinants for knowledge commercialisation for scientists in all scientific fields. The focus of this research is an empirical analysis of the individual agents, scientists, within the context of valorisation. A new approach towards the determinant social capital was explored with the use of newly gathered data on social networks. The findings suggest that digital social capital plays an important role as a determinant for prompting scientists to engage in knowledge commercialisation.