Earlier research on the role of universities in fostering entrepreneurial economic
development almost exclusively covers spin-offs by faculty and staff. In contrast, we provide …

Universities play a strategic role as drivers of regional economic growth. One contribution is
the establishment and support of University Spin-off companies (USOs), as a knowledge …

The commercial exploitation of new knowledge created in universities has become
increasingly important to universities and to the governments that fund university research …

This paper presents findings from an analysis of the determinants of the formation of
university spin-off companies within the university's research park. We find that university …

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to provide insight into how students navigate
entrepreneurial ecosystems and make use of social networks as they create their own …

Academic spinoffs are growingly considered a successful channel in transferring knowledge
generated by the university and in fostering economic growth. Coherently, a wide range of …

Social networks are integral to the emergence and development of new ventures, but the
temporal utility of networks is poorly understood. We consider the initial development of four …

This paper explores one of Edwin Mansfield's enduring interests: the interface between
academia and industry. It highlights some key lessons regarding the management of …

A recent call has urged to broaden the conceptualization of university entrepreneurship in
order to appreciate the heterogeneity of contexts and actors involved in the process of …

This work presents REPITA (Research-Ecosystem-People-Intellectual Property-Transfer-
Alignment), a prescriptive and repeatable model for successful technology-based academic …