University technology commercialization through new venture projects: an assessment of the French regional incubator program

M’Chirgui, Zouhaïer; Lamine, Wadid; Mian, Sarfraz A.; Fayolle, Alain

doi:10.1007/s10961-016-9535-y

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“…According to Bergek and Norrman (2008) incubators are usually examined as if they have the same outcome objectives (Bearse 1998;Sherman 1999), despite the fact that, that incubators ''articulate objectives differently depending upon their sponsor's interests'' (Mian 1996, p. 194) or at least make ''different priorities'' within the same basic goals (Bøllingtoft and Ulhøi 2005), and when those ''goals vary from one organisation to another'' (Cornelius and Bhabra-Remedios 2003, p. 11). Furthermore incubators varying resource endowments further limit their activities (M'Chirgui et al 2018). This study appreciates the varying objectives of each incubator and the multi-case design allows for cross case analysis and comparison.…”

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Exploring technology business incubators and their business incubation models: case studies from China

Tang

Walsh

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J Technol Transf

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This paper explores Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) and their chosen Business Incubation Models. The business models of TBIs have been largely ignored or seen as explained through stratification classifications (e.g. university incubator, virtual incubator etc.). Taking a qualitative approach, five next generation TBIs clustered in the Zhongguancun region of Beijing, the 'Chinese Silicon Valley', are analyzed. Framed in the resource-based view this work contributes to the literature through the exploration of: (1) The strategies implemented by next generation TBIs in China (2) The business models of these incubators (3) The fit between each incubator's business model and their respective strategy. Ultimately this study disentangles how the varying availability of resources and incubatees' ability to absorb these resources guide incubator strategy.

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Exploring technology business incubators and their business incubation models: case studies from China

Tang

Walsh

et al. 2019

J Technol Transf

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“…Business incubator. Business incubators are critical to spinoff formation and widely discussed (Degroof and Roberts, 2004), considered as one of the key modes of organisational or governmental intervention in nurturing entrepreneurship (M'Chirgui et al, 2018). These facilities offer a list of support services: office space, administration, training, investment, consultancy and professional business management support (Bruneel et al, 2012;Grimaldi and Grandi, 2005;Wynarczyk and Raine, 2005).…”

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The survival of academic spinoff companies: An empirical study of key determinants

Prokop

Huggins

Bristow

2019

International Small Business Journal

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The formation of university spinoff companies has been studied extensively, yet limited attention has been devoted to their survival. Consequently, little is known about spinoff’s later stage developments. Spinoff companies exist in university networks where they access resources through different types of actors. However, it remains unclear on which actors specifically these firms should focus their networking efforts, especially in relation to their success. It is also poorly understood how the regional economic environment affects spinoff survival. This article examines the core determinants of survival of academic spinoff companies. The article analyses a unique sample of 870 UK spinoff companies from 81 universities formed between 2002 and 2013. The results show that spinoff company survival is dependent on three core university network actors: investors, external entrepreneurs and technology transfer offices (TTOs). In addition, spinoff companies born into less industrially diversified regions enjoy greater probability of survival.

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“…In addition, the study is limited to analyzing two regions in Poland. It is, therefore, difficult to generalize from them to the entire population -all the more so because in the economy some incubators are more effective, others less (M'Chirgui et al, 2018(M'Chirgui et al, , pp. 1142.…”

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Enterprise innovation in technology incubators and university business incubators in the context of Polish industry

Gorączkowska

2020

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Research Background: The development of fledgling enterprises, especially those associated with medium-high and high technology is not easy. They often need to develop from inception a born global strategy, which is a great challenge at the beginning of a new business. Therefore, there is a global phenomenon of incubation, which supports young enterprises in the early stages of development. In Poland, the institutional dimension of incubation (especially for enterprises associated with modern technologies) consists of technology incubators and university business incubators. Yet, scientific research con-ducted in the area of entrepreneurship incubation gives contradictory results - some assess their activity positively, others negatively. Purpose of the article: Enterprises located in an incubator should allocate funds for R&D activities and create innovations to develop and gain market advantage. With this in mind, the purpose of the article is to check whether technology incubators and university business incubators contribute to an increase in the likelihood of conducting R&D activities and introducing product and process innovations. Methods: The study was conducted on a sample of 1058 industrial enterprises distributed across 2 Polish NUTS level 2 regions: Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodships. It concerned innovative activity that enterprises conducted in 2014?2016. Thanks to the use of probit modeling determination was made for the probability of introducing new products and conducting R&D works in entities that used the services of incubators in relation to those that did not belong to them. Findings & Value added: Econometric modeling revealed that in the studied regions incubators contribute to an increase in the introduction of product innovations by enterprises and in conducting R&D activities. Support for the process of implementing innovation occurred significantly more often only in the case where technology incubators were involved. At the same time, it was noticed that only academic incubators increased the chances of introducing product innovations on a global scale. This means that tenants of technology incubators are more innovative than entities outside them, but their innovations in terms of the level of novelty do not differ from innovations implemented in entities outside incubators. The conducted study indicated that the transfer of systemic solutions related to stimulating innovation from developed countries to catching-up countries may be successful. This is a guideline for local authorities to create incubators that allow for an increase in the level of innovation of the incubated enterprises.

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University technology commercialization through new venture projects: an assessment of the French regional incubator program

Cited by 40 publications

References 70 publications

Exploring technology business incubators and their business incubation models: case studies from China

Exploring technology business incubators and their business incubation models: case studies from China

The survival of academic spinoff companies: An empirical study of key determinants

Enterprise innovation in technology incubators and university business incubators in the context of Polish industry

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