Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate contingency factors on the emergence of university spin-off firms. The institutional and organisational factors the paper explores comprise the transfer potential of the university, the strategy and characteristics of the University...

Die vorliegende Studie hat zum Ziel, die beruflichen Vorstellungen von Studierenden sowie die entsprechenden Beweggründe empirisch zu erfassen. Grundlage hierfür bildet eine reprä-sentative Erhebung unter 673 Studierenden der Technischen Universität Ilmenau, die im Zeitraum von April bis...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the structure of the new product development (NPD) processes of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and researches the transferability of the Stage-Gate® system for SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a qualitative...

Purpose – This study deals with waste in New Product Development (NPD) processes of SMEs. The purpose of this paper is to reveal opportunities for SMEs to overcome resource constraints in their NPD process. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employed qualitative key informant...