Our study analyses the determinants of the gender gap in academic entrepreneurship
among UK-based academics from across a wide range of academic disciplines. We focus …

There is a great deal of interest in Europe and the USA on the commercialization of
university science, particularly the creation of spinout companies from the science base …

We argue that the current focus of the academic entrepreneurship literature, which is mostly
on patent-based activities such as spinouts and licensing, should be widened to also …

Female entrepreneurship is somewhat rare in the academic sphere, and female scientists
tend to set up spin-off companies less frequently than their male colleagues. Despite the …

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 questions the widespread tendency to view academic spin-outs as an
undifferentiated category and explores typologies of companies originating in universities …

New ventures depend on the capability of entrepreneurs to transform an idea or a
technology into a successful company. The literature on entrepreneurship has recognized …

Despite a growing interest in both women and university academic entrepreneurship, there
are very few studies addressing women's academic entrepreneurship. The authors address …

Using survey data from a large public research organization, this study examines
entrepreneurship propensities of academic researchers, focusing on gender differences …

Although sources and determinants of academic entrepreneurship have begun to command
the attention of policy-makers and researchers, there remain many unanswered questions …