Objective: The objective of this study was to set up a standard cost model for breast-cancer treatment to be able to complete a cost-effectiveness analysis of Herceptin®. This is a new biotechnological pharmaceutical developed by Genentech. Herceptin® is a humanized monoclonal antibody that...

We contribute to the literature on corporate spin-offs and university spin-offs by exploring how different characteristics in the technological knowledge base at start-up influence spin-off performance. We investigate how the technological knowledge characteristics endowed at start-up predict...

Employing a risk perception perspective, this paper studies the link between the investment manager’s human capital and his or her attitude towards the appropriability regime in the business proposal, and more specifically whether or not the technology is patent protected. Even though many...

Within the UK, considerable policy support has been provided to create multi-disciplinary institutes to encourage academics to develop new knowledge to address industry and societal problems. We consider four large traditional UK universities that have gained significant funding for such...

The growth of young, technology-based firms has received considerable attention in the literature given their importance for the generation and creation of economic wealth. Taking a strategic management perspective, we link the entrepreneurial strategy deployed by young, technology-based firms...

The discussion on open innovation suggests that the ability to absorb external knowledge has become a major driver for competition. In the case of inbound open innovation, companies screen their environment to search for the appropriate technology and knowledge and do not exclusively rely on...

In the nineties, postgraduate technology management education was mainly concentrated upon structuring the product development cycle and positioning technology strategy within the overall strategy of the company. Today it encompasses a much wider range of capabilities to address contemporary...

This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the neglected but important issue concerning the relationship between the human capital and fund characteristics of venture capitalists and post-investment follow-up behavior in early stage high tech investments. We found no indication that involvement...

Nurturing and growing innovative start-ups has become an important point on the political agenda. However, many financial schemes and incubation initiatives that were started up in the mid-nineties were cancelled or down scaled after the dot com bubble. There was a consensus that innovative...

A persistent question surrounding corporate spin-offs is: ‘What accounts for the performance of corporate spin-offs? In order to be able to provide an answer to this question, we have reviewed the literature on corporate spin-offs. We found that after two decades of studying corporate...