For academic spin-off's I analyze the length of time between the founder's leaving of academia and the establishment of his firm. Technology transfer can take place even years after leaving the mother institution. A duration analysis reveals that a longer time-lag is caused by the necessity of...

In this article, we aim to explore the agency of scientific entrepreneurs and research managers in shaping their Triple Helix contexts. Drawing on institutional documents and in-depth interviews with research managers and scientists in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the study shows...

Forschungsinstitute vermehren nicht nur das Wissen der Gesellschaft - sie können auch einen Beitrag zur volkswirtschaftlichen Wertschöpfung leisten. Akademische Ausgründungen gelten in diesem Zusammenhang als die Paradeform der Verwertung wissenschaftlichen Wissens. Die Studien in diesem Buch...

The presence of universities in a region has been found to be an important factor for regional economic growth. In search for the specific explanations of this phenomenon, the connection between universities and locally based entrepreneurship has attracted considerable attention. We investigate...

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...

This work attempts to examine how the global financial crisis has affected the education sector and more specifically, universities. So our paper examines the universities public funding especially in Europe, the mobility of teaching staff, students etc. Also the impact of the financial crisis...

This paper proposes a model of the choice to commercialize research and of the amount and type of pre-commercial research to perform, of the timing of commercialization by an academic scientist, and analyzes the returns and costs of these choices. The behavior and performance of the academic...

Objective: The objective of the article is to propose a model of process-oriented dimension and capabilities perspective on the basis of existing literature and the concept of university-based international entrepreneurship. Research Design & Methods: The article is conceptual and based on...