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Previous studies suggest that entrepreneurial activity tends to be greater in contexts where investment in new knowledge is relatively high (e.g., entrepreneurial universities). However, in this specific knowledge context, only a few academics recognize opportunities and act on them through entrepre...

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Main Author: Guerrero, Maribel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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245 |a Academics  |c an individual perspective of the knowledge spillover theory 
260 |c 2014 
300 |a 57-74 
520 |a Previous studies suggest that entrepreneurial activity tends to be greater in contexts where investment in new knowledge is relatively high (e.g., entrepreneurial universities). However, in this specific knowledge context, only a few academics recognize opportunities and act on them through entrepreneurial activities (e.g., spin-offs). A plausible explanation could be the existence of several filters that limit the total conversion of knowledge into economically useful knowledge. The vehicle to knowledge transfer is entrepreneurship. Therefore, the main actor is the academic entrepreneur, but no empirical study has highlighted the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship at the individual level. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of academics 
650 |a Knowledge Filters 
650 |a Start-Up Intentions 
650 |a Academic Entrepreneurship 
650 |a Entrepreneurial Universities 
650 |a Knowledge Spillover Theory Of Entreprene 
773 |a Small Business Economics  |d June 
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