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Exploring differences in university support practices and the effects on spin-off companies in Boston

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  • Alessandro Baroncelli
  • Matteo Landoni

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This paper presents a comparative analysis of university-level support practices and entrepreneurial behaviour of spin-offs from nine universities in Boston. We explore the prerequisite to venture in the university, the entrepreneurs' attitude throughout the first years of activity, and discuss differences in spin-offs' outcomes. The investigation explores 81 academic spin-offs active since 2013. We found that two alternative behaviours are suitable to provide the right support to academic spin-offs. In top-academic institutions the availability of services and incentives to facilitate patent rights ownership, university equities, and venture capital is more likely to be found, while in lower-ranked universities spin-offs mostly rely on incubators services to overcome capital limitations.

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  • Alessandro Baroncelli & Matteo Landoni, 2017. "Exploring differences in university support practices and the effects on spin-off companies in Boston," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 21(4/5), pages 366-394.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:21:y:2017:i:4/5:p:366-394
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    Cited by:

    1. Marco Capasso & Marina Rybalka, 2022. "Innovation Pattern Heterogeneity: Data-Driven Retrieval of Firms’ Approaches to Innovation," Businesses, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-28, March.
    2. Fischer, Bruno Brandão & Moraes, Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de & Schaeffer, Paola Rücker, 2019. "Universities' institutional settings and academic entrepreneurship: Notes from a developing country," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 243-252.
    3. Nadia Di Paola, 2021. "Pathways to academic entrepreneurship: the determinants of female scholars’ entrepreneurial intentions," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(5), pages 1417-1441, October.

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