The characteristics and behavior of university spin-offs is an important topic in the management and economics literature. University spin-offs are companies created to exploit knowledge originated within universities. The importance of these companies in supporting economic and technological growth has been widely acknowledged (Shane 2004), and their creation has become a key issue for policy makers all around the world (Mustar, 1997; Siegel and Phan, 2006). O’Shea, Chugh, and Allen (2008) have argued that policy makers should adopt an integrative framework to encourage and develop university entrepreneurship, accounting for different aspects at the same time: organizational determinants, institutional determinants, environmental influences and individual attributes. The aim of the symposium is to create a forum of discussion around all of these aspects and illustrate the way they link to each other in the context of academic entrepreneurship. More specifically, the symposium will provide much-need empirical evidence on the factors supporting academic entrepreneurship, at several levels of analysis: individuals, firms, universities and macro-level (innovation systems). Evidence from Europe and the U.S. will be presented, which will enhance our understanding about how local context and country specificities may affect the successful implementation of mechanisms target at supporting academic entrepreneurship. The symposium will benefit from the discussion of eminent scholars in the field of academic entrepreneurship, which will provide stimuli and insights to enhance our understanding of this research area from different perspectives.
Grimaldi R. (2009). Academic Entrepreneurship in the US and Europe.
Academic Entrepreneurship in the US and Europe
GRIMALDI, ROSA
2009
Abstract
The characteristics and behavior of university spin-offs is an important topic in the management and economics literature. University spin-offs are companies created to exploit knowledge originated within universities. The importance of these companies in supporting economic and technological growth has been widely acknowledged (Shane 2004), and their creation has become a key issue for policy makers all around the world (Mustar, 1997; Siegel and Phan, 2006). O’Shea, Chugh, and Allen (2008) have argued that policy makers should adopt an integrative framework to encourage and develop university entrepreneurship, accounting for different aspects at the same time: organizational determinants, institutional determinants, environmental influences and individual attributes. The aim of the symposium is to create a forum of discussion around all of these aspects and illustrate the way they link to each other in the context of academic entrepreneurship. More specifically, the symposium will provide much-need empirical evidence on the factors supporting academic entrepreneurship, at several levels of analysis: individuals, firms, universities and macro-level (innovation systems). Evidence from Europe and the U.S. will be presented, which will enhance our understanding about how local context and country specificities may affect the successful implementation of mechanisms target at supporting academic entrepreneurship. The symposium will benefit from the discussion of eminent scholars in the field of academic entrepreneurship, which will provide stimuli and insights to enhance our understanding of this research area from different perspectives.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
