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A Comparative Study of Entrepreneurship Incidence among Inventors in National Laboratories

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  • Suleiman K. Kassicieh
  • Raymond Radosevich
  • John Umbarger

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Although the commercialization of public-sector technology is a primary federal strategy for improving the international competitiveness of U.S. industry, the potential role of spin-off entrepreneurship in this strategy is poorly understood. Inventors from three large national laboratories are compared to each other and to spin-off entrepreneurs from the same laboratories. A 1992 survey gathered data on personal characteristics, attitudes, and perceptions of situational variables from 213 inventors and 24 spin-off entrepreneurs. This paper identifies differences among the laboratories as well as differences between each of the laboratories and the entrepreneurs that have started ventures from inventions discovered at these laboratories. These differences should be used to identify areas of change that are needed to increase the number of inventions that are spun-off from the laboratories. These changes include affecting the inventors' entrepreneurial attitudes and perceptions of key situational variables.

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  • Suleiman K. Kassicieh & Raymond Radosevich & John Umbarger, 1996. "A Comparative Study of Entrepreneurship Incidence among Inventors in National Laboratories," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 20(3), pages 33-49, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:20:y:1996:i:3:p:33-49
    DOI: 10.1177/104225879602000303
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