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High-technology spin-offs from government R&D laboratories and research universities

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: The present paper examines the high-tech spin-off process through which a new company is formed from a parent organization. Here we investigate spin-offs from three U.S. Federal R&D laboratories in New Mexico, and from Japanese government laboratories and universities. The spin-off process is one important means of transferring and commercializing technological innovations. Our study of seven spin-off companies leads us to suggest a more complex definition than the conventional definition, which centers on (1) the technological innovation, and (2) the entrepreneurs who found the spin-off.

Source: Technovation

DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4972(97)00101-6

Authors: Elias G. Carayannis, Everett M. Rogers, Kazuo Kurihara, Marcel M. Allbritton

Institutions: George Washington University, University of New Mexico, Government of Japan, Syracuse University

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,890