Die wachsende Bedeutung von Wissen und die daraus resultierende Notwendigkeit, neue, insbesondere auch wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse möglichst schnell in wirtschaftliche Aktivitäten umzusetzen, lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit von Wissenschaft und Politik verstärkt auf so genannte akademische...

The growing importance of knowledge and the ensuing need to translate research results, and especially new scientific findings as quickly as possible into economic activities are drawing the attention of academia and politicans increasingly towards what is referred to as academic spin-off...

The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and technologies from research organizations to the private sector for commercialization. In the promotion process, policymakers typically treat these “university” spinoffs like industry...

This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not...