Noneconomic public value creation by private ventures: scale development and empirical validation in the academic entrepreneurship context

Andrea Greven (), Thorsten Beule (), Denise Fischer-Kreer () and Malte Brettel
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Andrea Greven: RWTH Aachen University
Thorsten Beule: RWTH Aachen University
Denise Fischer-Kreer: University of Bonn
Malte Brettel: RWTH Aachen University

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2025, vol. 50, issue 4, No 8, 1524-1566

Abstract: Abstract Public value as such and contributions to public value by entrepreneurial universities have been of increasing interest to scholars over the past two decades. However, due to the lack of an adequate measurement scale, scholars have yet to link these research streams properly. While public value research acknowledges the multidimensionality of the construct, academic entrepreneurship research has rather approximated it using different unidimensional economic proxies. As a consequence, there is limited scholarly consensus about public value creation through spin-offs and other academic start-ups. To mitigate this issue and complement existing proxies, our study develops and validates a measure of noneconomic public value creation in the academic entrepreneurship context, capturing the subdimensions of social value creation, customer value creation, and efficient value creation. We employ a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The initial item pool incorporates relevant prior literature and insights from multiple pretests. Using two comprehensive surveys of academic entrepreneurs from Germany and Austria, we quantitatively confirm the reliability and validity of the final three-dimensional 11-item scale and its applicability to the intended context. Furthermore, we pave the way for future research by examining how the university entrepreneurial climate relates to public value creation.

Keywords: Public value; Academic entrepreneurship; Scale development; Measurement validation; Survey-based research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s10961-024-10151-0

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