Based on three theoretical perspectives I investigate how academic entrepreneurs' career paths can influence university spin-off growth in terms of number of employees. The results from the qualitative content analysis and extreme case analysis show that each university status comprises certain...

Based on a unique time-use survey of academic researchers in Japan, this study finds that research time decreases over the life cycle. The decrease in total hours worked and the increase in time spent on administrative tasks explain the decrease in research time. We also show that the decrease...

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...