Career Paths of Academic Entrepreneurs and University Spin-Off Growth

Nora Hesse ()
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Nora Hesse: Leibniz Universität Hannover

Chapter Chapter 3 in Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development, 2015, pp 29-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract With regard to the perspectives of human capital, university status and role identity, I investigate how the career paths of academic entrepreneurs can influence university spin-off growth. The results from the qualitative content analysis and extreme case analysis show that each university status comprises certain advantages and disadvantages. Academic entrepreneurs are located in a trade-off. More human capital and a higher university status are not necessarily advantageous for long-term university spin-off growth. Instead, the willingness and ability for role identity change in terms of the degree of commitment to the entrepreneurial role is very important. Therefore, it is important to consider the career plans and growth intentions of an academic entrepreneur. In order to compensate certain disadvantages of different university statuses the formation of founding teams with complementary skills and university statuses should be promoted.

Keywords: Academic entrepreneurs; Academic spin-offs; Academic start-ups; University career paths (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12871-9_3

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