• DocumentCode
    2329046
  • Title

    Tracking the emergence and progress of university spin-out cases

  • Author

    Druilhe, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Judge Inst. of Manage., Cambridge Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    322
  • Abstract
    The paper explores the emergence of academic spin-out companies at Cambridge University at the end of the 1990s. Real time evidence free of the usual survivor bias was generated by participant observation in a DTI funded mentoring scheme. A conceptual scheme for differentiating between types of academic enterprise is provided and used to examine factors affecting withdrawals and progress along the route to market. This shows the benefits of proactive mentoring.
  • Keywords
    innovation management; Cambridge University; DTI funded mentoring scheme; academic enterprise; participant observation; proactive mentoring; university spin-out cases emergence; university spin-out cases progress; Business; Commercialization; Companies; Computer aided software engineering; Disaster management; Employee welfare; Laboratories; Pulp manufacturing; Technological innovation; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Management Conference, 2002. IEMC '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7385-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMC.2002.1038451
  • Filename
    1038451