The Impact of Network Capabilities and Entrepreneurial Orientation on University Spin-off Performance*

Walter, Achim; Auer, Michael; Ritter, Thomas

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“…However, specific capabilities are needed to benefit from these shared resources. Important capabilities are absorptive capability (Wang and Ahmed 2007), network capability (Walter et al 2006), and the relational capability of managing shared resources (Blyler and Coff 2003;Dyer and Singh 1998;Lavie 2006;Walter et al 2006). Absorptive capability is ''the ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends'' (Cohen and Levinthal 1990, p. 128).…”

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How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

2016

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The literature on how network-based incubation influences the performance of technology-based start-ups has recently grown considerably and provided valuable insights. However, at the same time this literature has become quite fragmented, inconsistently conceptualised, and theoretically underdeveloped. Therefore, this article uses three management theories to structure the literature, improve the theoretical underpinning and develop an agenda for further research. The management theories are the resourcebased view, knowledge-based view, organisational learning, and social capital theory. We find that the network-based incubation literature has convincingly shown that networkbased incubation provides start-ups with resources, capabilities, knowledge, learning and social capital. However, the influence of these intermediary benefits on start-up performance is ambiguous. There is a considerable opportunity to advance the network-based incubation literature with contemporary insights from management theories. We propose an agenda for further research on network-based incubation that leads to a fine-grained model of the mechanisms and impact of network-based incubation that goes beyond taken for granted assumptions about the positive impact of network-based incubation.

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How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

2016

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“…As a consequence, a lack of a common definition is evident in previous studies (Clarysse and Moray 2004): some authors refer to them as university spin-offs (e.g. Walter et al 2006) university spinouts (e.g. Lockett and Wright 2005) or university startups (e.g.…”

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“…Walter et al 2006;Wennberg et al 2011;Zhang 2009) and their success factors (e.g. Grandi and Grimaldi 2005;Niosi 2006).…”

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“To have and have not”: founders’ human capital and university start-up survival

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This is an accepted version of a paper published in Journal of Technology Transfer. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination.Citation for the published paper: Criaco, G., Minola, T., Migliorini, P., Serarols-Tarrés, C. AbstractIn order to preserve innovation, knowledge development and diffusion, as well as the transfer of new technologies, the emergence of University Start-Ups (USU) and their survival as a particular dimension of performance represents a relevant research topic. As USU generally have scarce initial resources, the human capital of their founders is one of their main business assets. Although the survival of such firms is supposed to be heavily dependent on the human capital characteristics of their founders, this has not received enough attention in existing research. In this paper we investigate the contribution of founders' specific human capital characteristics to the survival of USU, building on Gimeno et al. (Adm Sci Q 42:750-783, 1997) threshold model of entrepreneurial exit. We divide USU founders' specific human capital into three components (entrepreneurship, industry and university) in order to better understand its impact on firm survival. Our theoretical model is empirically tested on a unique sample of Catalan USU through a logistic regression analysis.Coherently with our theoretical reasoning, the results show that industry human capital negatively affect USU survival, while university human capital and entrepreneurship human capital enhance the likelihood of USU survival.

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“…The effectiveness of RBSO as "bridges" between academia and the industry depends on entrepreneurial actions, such as opportunity identification, risk taking, resource mobilisation that can be more effectively achieved through networks (Grandi and Grimaldi, 2003;Walter et al, 2006). However, despite the extensive literature on the role of networks in technological entrepreneurship (Elfring and Hulsink, 2003;Slotte-Kock and Coviello, 2010) there is still limited research on the nature of the relationships that are established as part of the "bridging" process.…”

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“…However, it can be argued that RBSOs effective impact is not likely to be fully captured by traditional indicators such as employment or turnover. Given the nature of their activities and the intermediate position they often occupy between academic research and the market (Autio, 1997;Fontes, 2005), RBSOs impact is more clearly expressed through the value they create in knowledge and innovation networks, as agents of knowledge acquisition, transformation and diffusion (Harrison and Leitch, 2010;Perez and Sanchez, 2003;Walter et al, 2006). While this distinctive function of RBSOs is acknowledged in the literature, empirical research on its performance, beyond the creation process, is still limited.…”

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Research-based spin-offs as agents of knowledge dissemination: evidence from the analysis of innovation networks

Conceição¹,

Sousa²,

Fontes³

2015

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Abstract:The paper addresses the role played by research-based spin-offs (RBSOs) as knowledge dissemination mechanisms, through their position in knowledge networks. For this purpose the paper analyses the formal networks established by the Portuguese RBSOs in the context of publicly funded research, technology and pre-commercial product development projects, and investigates their configuration along two levels. At organisational level, in order to understand whether RBSOs extend their reach beyond the academic sphere; and if they do, whether they relate with similar firms or connect to organisations located downstream in the knowledge value chain, and which is their position in networks involving both research organisations and other firms. At spatial level, in order to understand whether RBSOs extend their reach beyond the region where they are created, thus potentially acting as connectors between diverse regions. The analysis starts from the population of RBSOs created in Portugal until 2007 (387) and identifies those that have established formal technological relationships as part of projects funded by all the programmes launched in the period 1993-2012. As a result, the analysis encompasses 192 collaborative projects and involves 82 spin-offs and 281 partners, of which only 20% are research organisations, the remaining being other firms and a variety of other user organisations. The results, although still preliminary, provide some insights into the knowledge networking behaviour of the RBSOs. As expected, research organisations are a central actor in spin-offs' networks, being the sole partner for some of them. But half of the RBSOs have moved beyond the academic sphere, being frequently a central element in tripartite technological relationships between research and other organisations and occupying an intermediation position in the network, thus potentially acting as facilitators in knowledge circulation and transformation. Also as expected, RBSOs are predominantly located in the main metropolitan areas and tend to relate with organisations similarly located. But while geographical proximity emerges as important in the choice of partners, in about half of the cases, RBSOs knowledge networks have extended beyond regional boundaries. Given their central position in the network this suggests a role as connectors across regions that will be explored in subsequent research.

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The Impact of Network Capabilities and Entrepreneurial Orientation on University Spin-off Performance*

Cited by 170 publications

References 106 publications

How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

“To have and have not”: founders’ human capital and university start-up survival

Research-based spin-offs as agents of knowledge dissemination: evidence from the analysis of innovation networks

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