process of commercialization and helps spin-offs from public research organizations generate first revenues sooner. To … commercialization. Moreover, we identify two distinct channels – the help in developing a business plan and in acquiring external … capital – through which support by the parent organization can enable spin-offs to generate first revenues sooner. …

opposite ends of a spectrum in terms of their role in innovation. In academic entrepreneurship the two combine on a number of … commercialization of results consistently contribute to tendencies towards academic entrepreneurship; however, the academic discipline …Considering the sequential nature of nascent entrepreneurship and business ownership, this paper examines the …

and rarely considers the specificities of university entrepreneurship most notably the role of scientists as entrepreneurs … where professors traditionally behave very much like entrepreneurs while setting up and maintaining research labs, hiring … the empirical literature pays relatively little attention to the particular "academic" features of university spin-offs …

('plungers'). Germany is a particularly interesting case due to the turbulent history of the country over the 20th century that …