Title :
Tracking the emergence and progress of university spin-out cases
Author_Institution :
Judge Inst. of Manage., Cambridge Univ., UK
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 2002. IEMC '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7385-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.2002.1038451
