of financial instruments by universities - such as seed funds and proof-of-concept programs - to address such funding … gaps. Using data from a survey of technology transfer office managers in European universities, the authors detail the …

In recent decades firms have intensified the exploration of external sources of knowledge to enhance their innovation … research increase the importance of knowledge transfers from universities to firms. This suggests that the environmental and … strategies and radical innovations are more likely to draw knowledge from universities. Furthermore, firms belonging to high …

This study provides novel empirical insights into the attractiveness of European Universities for Marie Skłodowska …-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant holders and investigates how efficient universities are in this respect relative their potential. To … from the Times Higher Education database on 390 European universities. Approximately half of the universities hosts MSCA …

Knowledge flows from universities to the regional economy can take different forms ranging from formal research …-offs and rarely considers the specificities of university entrepreneurship most notably the role of scientists as entrepreneurs …

Global policy discussions increasingly focus on innovation and the knowledge economy as a driver of long-term growth …. In parallel new forms of innovation processes are emerging, notably open innovation and innovation networks stressing the … importance of connections between various stakeholders. Links between universities and the business sector are of particular …

project funds, innovation policy. …

in Europe as in the US. Asian countries may - as a result - have improved their position in innovation. The room for … maneuver of Governments of EU Member States to deal with universities (as with other public expenditures) was severely limited …