When Do Scientists Become Entrepreneurs? The Social Structural Antecedents of Commercial Activity in the Academic Life Sciences1

By Toby E. Stuart, Waverly W. Ding. American Journal of Sociology, 2006

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Social influence in career choice: Evidence from a randomized field experiment on entrepreneurial mentorship (2017, background): “…2003; Lazear, 2004; Eesley et al., 2016), cognitive differences (Mitchell et al., 2000; Simon et al., 2000), financial and opportunity cost calculations (Amit et al., 1995; Iyigun and Owen, 1998), and differences in social networks and influence (Stuart and Ding, 2006; Nanda and Sørensen, 2010).”
Contradiction, convergence and the knowledge economy: the confluence of academic and commercial biotechnology (2007, background): “(see Zucker and Darby, 1996; Stuart and Ding, 2006). previously held.”
In good company: : The influence of peers on industry engagement by academic scientists (2012, background): “A recent stream in the literature highlights that individuals‟ behaviour is strongly informed by the social context in their universities or departments (Bercovitz and Feldman, 2008, Stuart and Ding, 2006).”
Entrepreneurship and role models (2012, background): “…et al. 2007) and peer groups (Djankov et al. 2006; Falck et al. 2010; Gianetti and Simonov, 2009; Koellinger et al. 2007; Nanda and Sorensen, 2009; Stuart and Ding, 2006) influence the decision to become an entrepreneur while it is assumed that networks and peer groups may provide role models.”
The Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Researchers: Combining the Theory of Planned Behavior with the Triple Helix Model (2019, result): “…are consistent with previous research which found that a scientist’s decision to found his or her own firm is largely conditioned by social normative pressures (Bercovitz and Feldman 2008; Stuart and Ding 2006) and driven by the personal TPB factors (attitude and perceived behavioral control).”
University support and the creation of technology and non-technology academic spin-offs (2016, background): “Indeed, recent empirical literature focused on the importance of university-level contexts to explain the entrepreneurial behaviour of individual academics (Stuart and Ding 2006).”
Vertical alliance networks: The case of university–biotechnology–pharmaceutical alliance chains (2007, background): “One of the company’s founders was a genomics expert at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (an MIT-based research institute).”
Industry Funding of University Research and Scientific Productivity (2011, neutral): “That financial incentives do also play a role for scientists to engage in commercial activities has been emphasized in the literature (e.g., Ding and Stuart 2006; Jensen et al. 2003, Lach and Schankerman 2008).”
Technology transfer offices and academic spin-off creation: the case of Italy (2013, background): “…due to the fact that the nature of the research engaged (science, engineering, biological sciences and computer science) or the faculty quality and reputation (Zucker et al. 1998; Di Gregorio and Shane 2003; Stuart and Ding 2006) could have played a more important effect than just university size.”
The relationship between basic and applied research in universities (2015, background): “The emergence of privately funded, practically oriented research for commercial or technology transfer purposes in the mid- to late twentieth century challenged established scientific norms, particularly the norms of disinterested research and public ownership of knowledge (Stuart and Ding 2006).”
Research collaboration and R&D outsourcing: Different R&D personnel requirements in SMEs (2013, background): “In particular in the case of doctorate degrees the body of research supporting this view is considerable (Stuart and Ding, 2006; Bercowitz and Feldman, 2008; Baba et al., 2010).”
The Effectiveness of University Knowledge Spillovers: Performance Differences between University Spinoffs and Corporate Spinoffs (2011, background): “…often involving decision-making by large committees that meet infrequently and that are not attuned to commercial demands (Wright et al., 2006), and a host culture that is generally less inclined towards commercial activities than corporations (Colyvas and Powell, 2007; Stuart and Ding, 2006).”