Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify different program models supporting the creation of spin‐offs at universities, analyzes the characteristics that differentiate them, and identifies the factors that determine their effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach The analysis was performed using data collected through a survey targeting the heads of spin‐off support programs at universities in the UK and Spain. The authors then applied factorial and cluster analysis techniques and a logistic regression analysis to the data to confirm the results. Findings The analysis identified three types of spin‐off support programs in these universities. Among these, the authors found one that appears to be the most effective model. The authors also found a certain “country effect” on the characteristics of the most effective model. Finally, the authors noted the importance the literature places on university R&D activity and the existence of a favorable environment for the performance of spin‐off programs. Research limitations/implications This research is limited by the use of number of spin‐offs and survival rate as performance indicators for support programs. Future research should consider the effective contributions to economic growth and the extent to which such effects are related to university‐level policies. Practical implications The typology of the spin‐off support programs identified here provides insight for recommendations to improve less‐effective models. Originality/value This study contributes to the understanding of the role of university policy measures in spin‐off support program effectiveness, and of how the environment influences these policies.
In the last times a growing emphasis exists in the commercialization of the university investigation, in particular, through the creation of companies (spin-offs). However, the phenomena that the concept of university spinoff is about embracing are not homogeneous. For this reason, it seems convenient to identify the different realities that it includes organizing them by means of typologies. The present work analyzes this question by means of a revision of the existent literature, and it proposes a classification that distinguishes four spin-offs types: independent, linked, joint venture and subsidiary. The three key approaches used to distinguish these four types of university spin-offs are: the implication or not of the investigator as entrepreneur, the nature of the transferred knowledge and the participation of external partners in the new company.
ResumenEl siguiente texto resume una investigación que se ha realizado durante los cursos 2006/7 y 2007/8 para analizar la empleabilidad de los inmigrantes en la Unión Europea. Para ello, se han llevado a cabo estudios en España, Francia y Países Bajos. El primer objetivo de la investigación ha sido descubrir las claves que permiten explicar mejor las circunstancias que favorecen un mayor acceso al empleo de los inmigrantes y una mayor continuidad en el mismo. El segundo objetivo, ha consistido en elaborar una serie de recomendaciones para fomentar la empleabilidad de los inmigrantes y una mayor y mejor integración en la sociedad europea. Nuestro artículo anticipa los resultados del equipo de investigación español.
En el presente trabajo, a partir de una revisión de la literatura, se define el concepto de formación dual, las ventajas que reporta la implantación de esta modalidad de formación, el desarrollo que está teniendo en Europa y la incipiente experiencia en España; se analizan los principales retos de carácter pedagógico y de funcionamiento que trae consigo la implantación de esta modalidad de formación; y se presenta la propuesta concreta de implantación de la formación dual en el Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas que se imparte la Facultad de Economía y Empresa (Sección Gipuzkoa) de la UPV/EHU, mediante el establecimiento de un minor o especialidad de “Formación Dual: Universidad-Empresa”. Los resultados del estudio pueden ser una buena guía para las autoridades académicas interesadas en la implantación de esta modalidad de formación.
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