The organizational factors that affect the success of new ventures established by academics are investigated. As a measure of success of newly established companies, the focus is on two characteristics of these business ideas: business idea articulation (the degree of detail and extent that it...

This paper deals with newly established ventures and their relations with external agents. The founding teams' intention to set up relations with external agents and their frequency of interaction with external agents are addressed as two characteristics that are likely to lead to the success of...

This paper deals with the generation of Business Ideas (BI) by academics. It investigates organizational factors affecting the process through which new ventures are established by academics and which are likely to affect their performance. The BI Market Attractiveness and the BI Articulation...

In this paper we highlight the importance of some organizational factors (team working, articulation of roles, communication and networking, commitment and will to innovate, innovative climate, market orientation, prior joint experience) for successful innovations to occur and for creating a...

In this paper we illustrate the changes that the Italian university system underwent from the early 2000s till today, with a special focus on the transition to academic entrepreneurship. We describe these changes as part of more general and similar trends taking place in other European countries...

Most of the literature on university patenting activity has focused on institutional and organizational change and on mechanisms to overcome market inefficiencies and spur academics to patent their research results. There is little evidence on the incentives for faculty members to get involved...

In this paper, using a neo-institutional perspective, we model inter-temporal organisational responses applied to the diffusion and evolution of regulations and practices in university patenting activities. Our study is located in Italy, and it is based on the complete list of patent regulations...