Types of spin-offs in a university context: a classification proposal
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: In the last times a growing emphasis exists in the commercialization of the university investigation, in particular, through the creation of companies (spin-offs). However, the phenomena that the concept of university spinoff is about embracing are not homogeneous. For this reason, it seems convenient to identify the different realities that it includes organizing them by means of typologies. The present work analyzes this question by means of a revision of the existent literature, and it proposes a classification that distinguishes four spin-offs types: independent, linked, joint venture and subsidiary. The three key approaches used to distinguish these four types of university spin-offs are: the implication or not of the investigator as entrepreneur, the nature of the transferred knowledge and the participation of external partners in the new company.
Source: Cuadernos de Gestión
DOI: 10.5295/cdg.090181jb
Authors: Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales de la Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Plaza de Oñati, 1 20018 San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), [email protected], José María Beraza Garmendia, Arturo Rodríguez Castellanos, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de
Institution: University of the Basque Country
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1986083232