Author: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Source: STI - Science, Technology Industry Review, Volume 2000, Number 1, July 2001 , pp. 1-168(168)

Publisher: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Abstract:

Universities, public research institutions and governments across the OECD are extremely interested in fostering spin-offs from their research base. What drives the interest in this form of technology transfer? How can institutions and governments increase the number of new firms created? What are reasonable expectations to have about the frequency of new firm creation? What will new firms bring to an institution, to a region and a country? The papers in this volume attempt to bring the facts about spin-offs from public research to light. Universities and research institutions are more entrepreneurial than ever before, and spin-offs represent the success of their new commercial orientation. But hopes about the importance of new firm generation from cutting-edge research, should be informed by better data on new firm creation and their economic impacts. The papers in this volume explore the steady rise of research-based spin-offs across the OECD, and rely on recent data to explain the factors of success, and to formulate better institutional practices and national policies. FURTHER READING Benchmarking University Science Relationships (to be published in late 2001).

Page Count: 168 Figure Count: 37 Table Count: 37

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2001-07-01

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