Spanish Abstract: La presente investigación es parte de una tesis doctoral y pretende mostrar la relación que tiene la transferencia de tecnología que se utiliza en las incubadoras de empresas de las Universidades Tecnológicas de México con su productividad. Estudio realizado mediante una...

Real option theory is used to draw an analyticaland practical bridge between traditional R&D risk management and theemerging high-technology incubation sector. First, a review of importantdevelopment with regard to project evaluation and decision making in R&Doperations is offered. Next, the...

Today we can observe an increasing proliferation of new academic spin-off initiatives aimed to transfer knowledge from the university to the market. Due to their strategic role in enhancing the development of technological innovation, academic spin-offs can attain high levels of social...

Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...