From the lab to the stock market? The characteristics and impact of university-oriented seed funds in Europe

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 948-975

  Munari, Federico ^a   Pasquini, Martina ^b   Toschi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic spin offs; Funding gap; University technology transfer; University oriented seed funds; VC investments

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC SPIN-OFFS; DATA SET; FUNDING GAP; UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNIVERSITY-ORIENTED SEED FUNDS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84946115339     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-014-9385-4     Document Type: Article

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