Assessing technology-based spin-offs from university support units

Mircea Epure, Diego Prior and Christian Serarols

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Abstract: This paper takes a regional studies approach to assess spin-offs from a university-based technology transfer network. We first detect the regional objectives, inputs and outputs needed to assess spin-offs from support programmes. We then provide evidence on regional mechanisms for firm creation. We analyse spin-offs created at Catalan universities and find that many efficient spin-offs have formal technology transfer agreements, and emerge from technology-oriented universities. We also find that higher innovation levels and experience from the parent university are associated with higher efficiency, which is positively related to future fundamental profitability. Finally, we propose regional policy making and research directions.

Keywords: university spin-off; regional development; efficiency; entrepreneurship; technology transfer; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11, Revised 2014-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-eff, nep-ent, nep-ino, nep-knm and nep-sbm
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