文档介绍：Academic
Entrepreneurship
University Spinoffs and Wealth Creation
Scott Shane
Case Western Reserve University
NEW HORIZONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Edward Elgar
Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
© Scott Shane 2004
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Shane, Scott Andrew, 1964–
Academic entrepreneurship : university spinoffs and wealth creation / Scott Shane.
p. cm. —(New horizons in entrepreneurship)
1. High technology industries—United States. 2. University-based new business
enterprises—United States. 3. Academic-industrial collaboration—United States.
4. Research, Industrial—United States. 5. Technology transfer—United States.
6. Entrepreneurship—United States. I. Title: University spinoffs and wealth
creation. II. Title. III. New horizons in entrepreneurship series
2004
338′.04′0973—dc22
ISBN 1 84376 454 7 (cased) 2003062357
Typeset by Cambrian Typesetters, Frimley, Surrey
Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall
Contents
Foreword Lita Nelsen ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction 1
2Why do university spinoffs matter? 15
3 University spinoffs in historical perspective 40
4Variation in spinoff activities across institutions 67
5 Environmental influences on spinoff activity 91
6 The types of technology that lead to university spinoffs 103
7 The industries where spinoffs occur 139
8 The role of people in university spinoffs 151