Human capital and fund characteristics both impactfollow-up behavior of venture capital (VC) firms. However, little research hasexamined the relationship between human capital and fund characteristics andthe ways in which they impact follow-up activities.The conceptual issuesrelated to VC and...

We analyze how mid-range universities can contribute to industrial change through the transfer of tacit and codified knowledge in the areas of spin-offs; licensing and patents; contract research, consultancy and reach-out; and graduate and researcher mobility. We use archival, survey and...

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