The creation of spin-off firms at public research institutions: Managerial and policy implications

By Andy Lockett, Donald S. Siegel, Mike Wright, Michael D. Ensley. 2005

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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30 Years after Bayh-Dole: Reassessing Academic Entrepreneurship (2011, unknown): “Introduction In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in technology-based economic development initiatives, focused mainly on stimulating technological entrepreneurship in universities via patenting, licensing, start-up creation, and university-industry partnerships (for reviews of different”
Academic spin-offs at different ages: A case study in search of key obstacles to growth (2009, background): “By nature, academic spin-off firms are in short of resources and the literature most often mentions a lack of investment capital and a lack of non-technical knowledge and skills (e.g., Locket et al. 2005; Reid and Garnsey 1998).”
The research university, entrepreneurship and regional development: Research propositions and current evidence (2012, background): “The implementation of a business-like style of technology transfer whereby the productivity of technology transfer offices (TTOs) is improved is also identified as being a pre-requisite for success in commercializing university intellectual property (Kinsella and McBrierty 1997; Lockett et al. 2005;”
Valuing University–Based Firms: The Effects of Academic Affiliation on IPO Performance (2011, unknown): “…by faculty members based on their own research or created specifically to capitalize on academic research.2 This definition is in keeping with the literature (Colombo, Mustar, & Wright, 2010; Lockett et al., 2005; O’Shea et al., 2008; Rothaermel et al., 2007; Shane, 2004; Shane & Stuart, 2002).”
The Effectiveness of University Knowledge Spillovers: Performance Differences between University Spinoffs and Corporate Spinoffs (2011, background): “2 In the case of team startups, to ensure that we focused on spinoffs, we further required that a majority of the team worked at the same university or corporation prior to the startup (Nicolaou and Birley, 2003; Shane, 2004; Lockett et al., 2005; Wright et al., 2004).”
The performance of university spin-offs: an exploratory analysis using venture capital data (2009, background): “offs appears to be the most widely used among researchers (see, e.g., Clarysse et al. 2007; Link and Scott 2005; Lockett et al. 2005; Lockett and Wright 2005; Lowe and Ziedonis 2006; O’Shea et al. 2005; Siegel et al. 2007; Wright et al. 2006; Zahra et al. 2007).”
Channels, benefits and risks of public–private interactions for knowledge transfer: conceptual framework inspired by Latin America (2010, background): “In sum, knowledge skills are important factors mediating the effectiveness of the PRO-I interactions through the bi-directional (Fukugawa, 2005) and commercial channels (Lockett et al., 2005; Wright et al., 2008).”
Investors’ choices between cash and voting rights: Evidence from dual-class equity crowdfunding (2019, unknown): “We note that ownership structure prior to the deal has been largely neglected in the related literature on VC investments (for a review of related VC work, see Manigart and Wright, 2003, and Cumming and Johan, 2013); however, there have been important studies that are indicative of prior ownership b”
The Process of Creative Construction: Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth (2007, unknown): “At the organizational level, while extant research has examined the effect of parent status and capabilities on the KSSE (Agarwal et al., 2004; Burton et al., 2002; Lockett et al., 2005; Louis et al., 1989; Shane and Stuart, 2002; Shane, 2004; Zucker et al., 1997), additional factors, such as team c”
Factors fostering academics to start up new ventures: an assessment of Italian founders’ incentives (2009, unknown): “The importance of these companies in supporting economic and technological growth has been widely acknowledged (Roberts 1991; Shane 2004), and their creation has become a key issue for policy makers all around the world (Mustar 1997; Lockett et al. 2005).”
University Innovation and the Professor's Privilege (2016, unknown): “A. Institutions The long-standing upward trend in patenting and newv nture activity among U.S. universities has triggered an enormous literature investigating u iversity innovation and entrepreneurship.”