University technology commercialization through new venture projects: an assessment of the French regional incubator program

Zouhaïer M’chirgui, Wadid Lamine, Sarfraz Mian and Alain Fayolle
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Zouhaïer M’chirgui: Kedge BS - Kedge Business School
Wadid Lamine: TBS - Toulouse Business School
Sarfraz Mian: SUNY - State University of New York
Alain Fayolle: EM - EMLyon Business School

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Abstract: This article assesses the performance of a technology business incubator program, established by the French government to support innovative new science and technology-based firms (NSTBF) that seek to commercialize laboratory research results. With a resource-based view and an institutional approach, this study predicts why some incubators may be more successful than others in supporting the development of NSTBF. An original longitudinal data set represents the results of a public incubator program, funded following the passage of a 1999 French law on innovation and research. The findings refer to a sample of 25 operationally active incubators and their 1200 graduated new ventures. This study contributes to the literature on business incubation by showing the importance of various incubator resource inputs for aiding NSTBF projects. It thus provides useful and timely feedback for researchers and policy makers.

Keywords: Incubator; Entrepreneurial university; New science and technology-based firm; Commercialization; Resource-based view (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10-01
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Published in Journal of Technology Transfer, 2018, 43 (5), 1142-1160 p. ⟨10.1007/s10961-016-9535-y⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9535-y

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