[eng] This article is a piece of work on the process by which scientific discoveries may be translated into commercially viable innovations. The author examines the case of the phenomenon of firms which have been founded in recent years by researchers in order to exploit their discoveries. The...

The use of R&D grants as a policy instrument has been motivated by economic arguments of market failure. Neo-classical econometric studies have analysed the additionality of one Euro of subsidies on both the investments of companies in the R&D process and the output of that R&D process. More...

In this article we examine the influence of formal technology transfer from a public research organization (PRO) on the amount of capital a spin-off raises at start-up and the increase in capital post start-up. We examine these relationships using a unique sample of 135 spin-offs from PROs...

The growing phenomenon of student entrepreneurship -- Models for managing student entrepreneurship activities -- Entrepreneurship education -- Financing student startups : the diverse funding landscape -- Student startups and the changing context of academic entrepreneurship -- Universities and...