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The Individual's Perceived Environment as an Antecedent of Academic Entrepreneurship: Multiple Case Studies of Thai University Researchers
Sooampon, Sutti; Igel, Barbara - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 22 (2014) 01, pp. 57-90
This study investigates the individual researcher's perceived environment as a pre-condition of entrepreneurship within the university. Our objective is to identify the micro-level antecedents that shape a university researcher's decision about whether to embark on an entrepreneurial venture. We...
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Hard Working Ant: An Eco-Tourism Spin-Off Creation Tale
Pinto, Hugo; Cruz, Ana; Gonçalves, Ana - Centro de Investigação sobre Espaços e … - 2011
The creation of knowledge-based firms is of central importance due to its great impact in economic development. This article explores the case of E1, an academic spin-off operating in eco-tourism in the Algarve, Portugal. The theoretical framework of the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) is used as a...
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Supporting Measures for Research & Development as a Stimulus for Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship in Estonia
Jakobson, Indrek; Ritso, Valter - Majandusteaduskond, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool - 2008
The main aim of the article is to emphasise the need for governmental support in the process of building knowledge-based economy. The authors focus on the knowledge creating process in the form on R&D activities and also on entrepreneurial process, mostly in participation with universities. That...
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The Academic Entrepreneur: Myth or Reality for Increased Regional Growth in Europe?
Erdõs, Katalin; Varga, Attila - Közgazdaságtudományi Kar, Pécsi Tudományegyetem - 2009
Knowledge flows from universities to the regional economy can take different forms ranging from formal research collaborations to consultancy and informal personal connections. One of the knowledge communication channels drawing substantial interest of both researchers and regional policy makers...
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From the ivory tower to the startup garage: Organizational context and commercialization processes
Nelson, Andrew J. - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 7, pp. 1144-1156
An impressive literature documents how individual-level factors correlate with entrepreneurship and commercialization behaviors. We have far less insight, however, into how different organizational contexts may, in fact, play a dominant role in shaping these individuals and their behaviors. In...
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Managing business model creation process: Kirznerian entrepreneurship and the role of organisation in cases of a Japanese company
Ishii, Masamichi; Ueda, Kanji; Takeda, Hideaki; … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 4, pp. 465-483
This research has explored the creation process of new business models and the role of organisation in that process, in order to enhance the knowledge about how to create a new business model effectively. The multiple case-study method was applied to this research. The samples are four new...
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Implementing intrapreneurship. Theory and case-study
Zudin, Nikolay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Based on basic and alternative theories of intrapreneurship a case-study analysis of its implementation in conservative … and innovation friendly companies was conducted resulting in intrapreneurship management recommendations. Conservative … establish the process of intrapreneurship to select the most breakthrough ideas or should «buy» successful entrepreneurs. На …
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THE ROLE OF CORPORATE ENTREPRENEuRSHIP IN SOLVING THE COMPETITIVENESS CRISIS OF LARGE COMPANIES
Paunović, Blagoje - In: Serbian Association of Economists Journal (2012) 7-8, pp. 343-354
modalities: Corporate venturing, Intrapreneurship,"Bringing the market inside", and Entrepreneurial transformation. The paper has …
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Research collaboration in universities and academic entrepreneurship: the-state-of-the-art
Bozeman, Barry; Fay, Daniel; Slade, Catherine - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 38 (2013) 1, pp. 1-67
There is abundant evidence that research collaboration has become the norm in every field of scientific and technical research. We provide a critical overview of the literature on research collaboration, focusing particularly on individual-level collaborations among university researchers, but...
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University spin-offs and the “performance premium”
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian; Toole, Andrew - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 2, pp. 309-326
The creation of spin-off 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” spin-offs like industry...
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