Title: Academic entrepreneurship and public research organisations: a conceptual study of the drivers and obstacles of research spin-off creation

Authors: Eva Panetti; Adele Parmentola

Addresses: Department of Management and Quantitative Studies, Parthenope University of Naples, Via Generale Parisi 13, 80134, Napoli (Italy) ' Department of Management and Quantitative Studies, Parthenope University of Naples, Via Generale Parisi 13, 80134, Napoli (Italy)

Abstract: In the modern society, universities and research centres are directly involved in the process of country economic growth by spurring product development, by creating new industries, and by contributing to employment and wealth creation. Research based spin offs are often the best way to reach these goals. For this reason, the number of research based firms spurred by Public Research Organisations is remarkably increased in the last years both in United States and in European Countries. On the other hand, this growth is not homogeneously distributed among different countries. According to these considerations, the aim of this paper is to understand which characteristics of public research institutions can influence positively or negatively the rise of research spin offs and which policies the research organisations can adopt to favour the generation of research-based spin-offs.

Keywords: spin-off; academic entrepreneurship; technology transfer; country development; public research organisations; conceptual study.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTE.2020.113928

International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship, 2020 Vol.4 No.2, pp.134 - 150

Accepted: 30 Sep 2020
Published online: 01 Apr 2021 *

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