Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe best practices and breakthrough models /

While the US has traditionally been successful in commercialising new technologies, Europe is confronted with an increasing dependency upon fast developing technologies like biotechnology or ICT, despite having some of the best universities in the world. This book will explore the key attributes of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: De Cleyn, Sven H., Festel, G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c. 2016.
Subjects:
Academic spin-outs > Europe.
Electronic books.
Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781784717377/9781784717377.xml
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: what is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main challenges and why does it matter? / Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel
  • Part I shaping the ecosystem
  • 1. I3P as university business incubator - a dual mission in technology transfer and start-up ecosystem development / Marco Cantamessa
  • 2. Strategies for designing new venture units in complex contexts / Elco van Burg, Isabelle M.M.J. Reymen, A. Georges L. Romme and Victor A. Gilsing
  • 3. TU Berlin - an entrepreneurial university in an entrepreneurial city / Matthias Mrozewski, Agnes Von Matuschka, Jan Kratzer and Gunter Festel
  • Part II supporting and coaching spin-offs
  • 4. Systematic spin-off processes in university-industry ecosystems / Helmut Schönenberger
  • 5. Supporting new spin-off ventures - experiences from a university start-up program / Magnus Klofsten and Erik Lundmark
  • 6. 'Intrapreneurship at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft': how to stimulate greater entrepreneurship among researchers / Julia Bauer, Matthias Keckl, Thorsten Lambertus and Björn Schmalfuss
  • Part III financing spin-offs and technology transfer
  • 7. Incubation to address the 'innovation gap' / Ulrich Mahr and Florian Kirschenhofer
  • 8. The seed challenge / Michael Brandkamp
  • Part IV innovative tools for technology transfer
  • 9. Founding angels as an emerging angel investment model to support early stage high-tech spin-offs / Gunter Festel
  • 10. Flipping the knowledge transfer model using start-ups: how entrepreneurs can stimulate faster adoption of academic knowledge / Sven H. De Cleyn and Frank Gielen
  • 11. Stimulating student entrepreneurship within a traditional university model: the AU-student incubator as a case / Mia L. Justesen, Rajiv V. Basaiawmoit, Flemming K. Fink and Kirstine V. Moltzen
  • Part V international perspective on academic spin-offs and technology transfer
  • 12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovation / Hervé Lebret
  • Part V conclusion
  • 13. Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe - concluding insights and outlook / Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel.

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