University Spin-off Companies: Economic Development, Faculty Entrepreneurs, and Technology Transfer

Adams, Jack E.; Brett, Alistair M.; Gibson, David V.; Smilor, Raymond W.

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“…In the area of technology development and transfer, industry is working harder at harnessing the knowledge potential resident in university laboratories (Adams 1993;Mansfield 1991;Jaffe 1989). From the other side, educators from all levels and disciplines are beginning to recognize the significant learning value of a "business practicum" in their program (Huxhold 1994;Peverett 1994;van de Vliet 1994).…”

Section: Academic-business Partnership Initiativesmentioning

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Students as Facilitators in the Internationalization of Small Business

Munro

Preece

1998

Journal of Teaching in International Business

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This paper reports on a Canadian MBA program which features students assisting small business owners considering expansion into Mexico. The program includes country and market analyses for the company as well as an actual site visit by the student to the Mexican market. The experience is evaluated from the prospective of the student, the business owner, and the academic administrators. Data collection methods include both mail-out survey and focus group formats.

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Section: Academic-business Partnership Initiativesmentioning

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Students as Facilitators in the Internationalization of Small Business

Munro

Preece

1998

Journal of Teaching in International Business

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“…This increased attention is the result of trends in the current economy, emphasizing knowledge as a system of wealth creation (Brinkley & Lee, 2006), as well as the recent development of new technologies and the social, economic, and political changes of the past decades (Pérez & Carrasco, 2009). These changes have led the university to become a source of socioeconomic development of the region in which it is located (Fini et al, 2018), as well as to be more dynamic, with a greater capacity for adaptation and creativity, thus being able to respond to the needs of the society in which it is located (Adams, 1993;Bienkowska et al, 2016;Bienkowska & Klofsten, 2012;Etzkowitz, 1998Etzkowitz, , 2004Etzkowitz, , 2013Etzkowitz et al, 2000;Klofsten & Jones-Evans, 2000;O'Shea et al, 2007;Roberts & Malone, 1996). However, the phenomenon of USOs is multifaceted and not easy to interpret, due to the complexity of the environment and the variety of factors influencing their creation and success (Vesperi et al, 2018).…”

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Analyzing the Effects of Institutional- and Ecosystem-Level Variables on University Spin-Off Performance

2020

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Academic entrepreneurship has been one of the main research fields over the past 20 years, specifically due to the interest of policy makers in this topic. Initially, this interest focused on the creation of university spin-off (USO) firms; although given the new circumstances of the university and its context, there is a need to steer the research topic toward survival. This is because the simple creation of USOs, without their being able to survive or create value, is useless. This article focuses on one of the determining factors of the success of USOs, as measured by employment and sales growth: the influence of institutional- and ecosystem-level variables. Through a backward sequential process, our results show that the business size and the public support in the field of training and bureaucracy are the main elements that affect success.

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“…Researchers have studied USOs for many decades (Cooper, 1971; Adams, 1993). The main characteristics of the USOs are the presence of the university as a parent organization and one or more individuals with a position in the organization but leave it for the development of their own project (Rasmussen et al , 2011).…”

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The importance of financial resources and ownership of intellectual property rights for university spin-offs: the cases of Finland and Sweden

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PurposeThis paper focuses on medical device university spin-offs (USOs), taking into account the peculiarities of financial and nonfinancial support and intellectual property rights (IPRs). The authors declare that these parameters play a significant role in business development at the early stages.Design/methodology/approachThis empirical data consist of individual and group interviews in Finland and Sweden, which are later inductively analyzed.FindingsThe results show that public financial support contributes to the formation and start of sales stages in small countries and local markets. However, at the validation stage, approaches for supporting entrepreneurship in the field of medical devices may differ. The ownership of IPRs assists in the development of entrepreneurship in the region due to the transfer of research results and researchers to the industry and increases the number of spin-offs and the cooperation of universities with business.Originality/valueThis contribution is in the identification of the key parameters for the formation, support and development of the USOs from the point of view of the availability of financial resources and the ownership of IPRs.

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University Spin-off Companies: Economic Development, Faculty Entrepreneurs, and Technology Transfer

Cited by 26 publications

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Students as Facilitators in the Internationalization of Small Business

Students as Facilitators in the Internationalization of Small Business

Analyzing the Effects of Institutional- and Ecosystem-Level Variables on University Spin-Off Performance

The importance of financial resources and ownership of intellectual property rights for university spin-offs: the cases of Finland and Sweden

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