Triple Helix and academic entrepreneurial intention: understanding motivating factors for academic spin-off among young researchers

Abstract

Academic Spin-off is receiving a growing attention in entrepreneurship research due to increase in the number of ventures coming out from academia working at universities. The role of triple helix is key among many factors that derive young researchers to establish new venture as an outcome of their research. Thus, there is a need to determine the factors that derive young researchers for venture creation in order to identify and understand the determinants of Academic Entrepreneurial Intention (AEI) and how they are influenced by different helices of Triple Helix Model (THM). This study used sample of 310 young academic researchers studying/working in different universities of Pakistan. The finding of this study highlighted that government and academia have significantly positive relationship with the academic entrepreneurial intentions of young researchers while industry has positive, but insignificant relationship. The findings of this study have implication for promoting academic spin-off from developed and developing countries context.

Human resource management practices at university spin-offs

“…The high specialization of the activities developed in a spin-off requires highly specialized human resources. Another characteristic pointed out by Samo and Huda (2019) is the presence of a significant number of young professionals, typically with high qualifications and without prior professional experience, in university spinoffs. These two factors together make the search for and sharing of new knowledge an essential and central element in their activity.…”

La vinculación universidad – empresa – gobierno para la creación de spin-off universitarias de base tecnológica: el caso de una universidad pública del estado de Guanajuato

“…Sobre lo anterior, se ha confirmado la necesidad de conjuntar los esfuerzos de cada uno de los agentes con la finalidad de multiplicar el valor de sus funciones individuales, por ejemplo, se visualiza a las empresas como demandantes de innovaciones tecnológicas, traducidas en productos y servicios tecnológicos que les permitan optimizar sus procesos e incrementar su competitividad. Por otro lado, se identifica el papel de las universidades como generadoras de nuevo conocimiento, traducido en investigaciones y posibles invencio-nes que podrían servir como oferta tecnológica para atender los requerimientos empresariales (Cai y Lattu, 2019;Samo y Huda, 2019y Gabrielsson y cols., 2019. Aun cuando la relación entre universidades y empresas pareciera imperativa, no ha sido así.…”

“…Con lo anterior, la vinculación universidad -empresa -gobierno, representada en el modelo de la triple hélice, juega un papel importante pues sienta las bases para detonar innovaciones tecnológicas en el entorno, a través de la red de interacciones creadas entre los actores, a partir de la conjunción de esfuerzos para maximizar el valor de las actuaciones individuales, creando un escenario para la conformación de spin-off universitarias de base tecnológica (Cai, 2014;Cai y Lattu, 2019;Samo y Huda, 2019;Gabrielsson, Politis y Billström, 2019).…”

Triple Helix and Decentralization Approach: Management of School Operational Assistance Funds

“…Business or industry determines future economic activities [24], company or industry as the use of graduates [6] who have knowledge and innovation sourced from universities or schools [28]. They must understand business ethics [29] and workforce needs in business and industry.…”