Academic Spin-Offs and Technology Transfer in Europe

Edited by Sven H. De Cleyn, iMinds vzw, Ghent and University of Antwerp, Belgium and Gunter Festel, FESTEL CAPITAL, Fuerigen, University of Basel Switzerland and Technical University of Berlin, Germany

• Contents:IntroductionWhat is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main challenges and why does it matter?Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter FestelPART I SHAPING THE ECOSYSTEM1. I3P as university business incubator – A dual mission in technology transfer and start-up ecosystem developmentMarco Cantamessa2. Strategies for designing new venture units in complex contextsElco van Burg, Isabelle M.M.J. Reymen, A. Georges L. Romme and Victor A. Gilsing3. TU Berlin - An entrepreneurial university in an entrepreneurial cityMatthias Mrozewski, Agnes von Matuschka, Jan Kratzer and Gunter FestelPART II SUPPORTING AND COACHING SPIN-OFFS4. Systematic spin-off processes in university-industry ecosystemsHelmut Schönenberger5. Supporting new spin-off ventures – Experiences from a university start-up programMagnus Klofsten and Erik Lundmark6. ‘Intrapreneurship at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’: How to stimulate greater entrepreneurship among researchers Julia Bauer, Matthias Keckl, Thorsten Lambertus and Björn SchmalfußPART III FINANCING SPIN-OFFS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER7. Incubation to address the ‘innovation gap’Ulrich Mahr and Florian Kirschenhofer8. The Seed ChallengeMichael BrandkampPART IV INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER9. Founding Angels as an emerging angel investment model to support early stage high-tech spin-offsGunter Festel10. Flipping the knowledge transfer model using start-ups: How entrepreneurs can stimulate faster adoption of academic knowledgeSven H. De Cleyn and Frank Gielen11. Stimulating student entrepreneurship within a traditional university model: The case of the AU Student Incubator Mia L. Justesen, Rajiv V. Basaiawmoit, Flemming K. Fink and Kirstine V. MoltzenPART V INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON ACADEMIC SPIN-OFFS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovationHervé LebretPART V CONCLUSION13. Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe – Concluding insights and outlook Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter FestelIndex