Convergence or path dependency in policies to foster the creation of university spin-off firms? A comparison of France and the United Kingdom

By Philippe Mustar, Mike Wright. 2010

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

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Dynamics of Science-based entrepreneurship (2010, background): “Mustar and Wright (2009) address these issues from a macro-policy level.”
Entrepreneurial activity and regional competitiveness: evidence from European entrepreneurial universities (2016, methodology): “Complementing the institutional approach adopted in our previous section, this approach primarily holds that the long-run growth rate of an economy depends on support measures to increase the growth rate (Romer 1994) and that entrepreneurial activity could be the result of the convergence/path-depen”
30 Years after Bayh-Dole: Reassessing Academic Entrepreneurship (2011, unknown): “In many parts of the world, such as Europe, for example, where university education has traditionally been associated with fulfilling the employment needs of large organizations, policies fostering entrepreneurship are promoting a deeper cultural shift and directly contributing to re-framing the ima”
The Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Researchers: Combining the Theory of Planned Behavior with the Triple Helix Model (2019, background): “Second, universities have to promote policies and instruments (Fayolle and Klandt 2006; Fini et al. 2011; Mian 1996; Mustar and Wright 2010; Siegel, Veugelers, and Wright 2007; Smilor and Gill 1986) aimed to develop the entrepreneurial orientation of their researchers and give support to academic sp”
Technology transfer in a global economy (2012, background): “There remains also a paucity of evidence about different traditions and approaches of policy development in different countries (Mustar and Wright 2010) but also on the evaluation of existing policy programs and schemes to foster technology transfer and new venture creation (Siegel and Wessner 2012;”
Economic Impact of Entrepreneurial Universities' Activities: An Exploratory Study of the United Kingdom (2015, background): “For this reason, Mustar and Wright (2010) argued that the creation of new startups could be explained by the convergence or path-dependent effect of policies fostering entrepreneurship.”
Technology transfer offices and academic spin-off creation: the case of Italy (2013, background): “A second array of factors that influences the creation of academic spin-offs is related to the specific characteristics of the universities (O’Shea et al. 2005; Powers and Mc Dougall 2005; Rodriguez-Pose and Refolo 2003; Colombo et al. 2010; Mustar and Wright 2010).”
Valuing University–Based Firms: The Effects of Academic Affiliation on IPO Performance (2011, background): “They represent indeed a small but economically powerful proportion of high-tech start-ups, playing a key role in ensuring the dynamic efficiency and employment growth of the economic system (Mustar & Wright, 2010).”
Completing the technology transfer process: M&As of science-based IPOs (2012, unknown): “This is due to the UK having the most highly developed stock exchange in Europe, and its university system being the most entrepreneurial (Mustar and Wright 2010).3 Most of the firms in the sample went public within 10 years of their foundation, and 18 of them did so within 1 year of incorporation.”
Entrepreneurial innovation: The importance of context (2014, background): “S, the Science Enterprise Challenge in the U.K., the " Law on Innovation and Research to Promote the Creation of Innovative Technology Companies " in France (Mustar and Wright, 2010), and ProTon Europe, the European Knowledge Transfer Association , created by the European Commission.”
Conceptualizing academic entrepreneurship ecosystems: a review, analysis and extension of the literature (2018, background): “Technology competitions similarly bring diverse groups to address a specific technological need and attract public attention (Eesley et al. 2016; Mustar and Wright 2010).”