Bonaccorsi, Andrea; Colombo, Massimo; Guerini, Massimiliano - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 2, pp. 261-287
This paper investigates how far in space university knowledge goes to breed the creation of knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs), depending on the nature (either codified or tacit) and quality of this knowledge. We consider the impact of knowledge codified in academic patents and scientific...