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Career Paths of Academic Entrepreneurs and University Spin-Off Growth

In: Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development

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  • Nora Hesse

    (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

Abstract

With regard to the perspectives of human capital, university status and role identity, I investigate how the career paths of academic entrepreneurs can influence university spin-off growth. The results from the qualitative content analysis and extreme case analysis show that each university status comprises certain advantages and disadvantages. Academic entrepreneurs are located in a trade-off. More human capital and a higher university status are not necessarily advantageous for long-term university spin-off growth. Instead, the willingness and ability for role identity change in terms of the degree of commitment to the entrepreneurial role is very important. Therefore, it is important to consider the career plans and growth intentions of an academic entrepreneur. In order to compensate certain disadvantages of different university statuses the formation of founding teams with complementary skills and university statuses should be promoted.

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  • Nora Hesse, 2015. "Career Paths of Academic Entrepreneurs and University Spin-Off Growth," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Rui Baptista & João Leitão (ed.), Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 29-57, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-12871-9_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12871-9_3
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    Cited by:

    1. Matthias Piontek & Michael Wyrwich, 2017. "The emergence of entrepreneurial ideas at universities in times of demographic change: evidence from Germany [Die Entstehung von Gründungsideen und neuen Unternehmen in Zeiten demografischen Wandel," Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Springer;Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), vol. 37(1), pages 1-37, February.
    2. Heiko Bergmann & Christian Hundt & Rolf Sternberg, 2016. "What makes student entrepreneurs? On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 53-76, June.
    3. Nora Hesse & Rolf Sternberg, 2017. "Alternative growth patterns of university spin-offs: why so many remain small?," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 953-984, September.

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