Barriers to University Spin-Off Creation in an Emerging Context: An Institutional Theory of Organizations Approach

Autor/inn/en	Calderón-Hernández, Gregorio; Jiménez-Zapata, Yudy Andrea; Serna-Gomez, Héctor Mauricio
Titel	Barriers to University Spin-Off Creation in an Emerging Context: An Institutional Theory of Organizations Approach
Quelle	In: Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 58 (2020) 4, S.625-650 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Calderón-Hernández, Gregorio) ORCID (Jiménez-Zapata, Yudy Andrea) ORCID (Serna-Gomez, Héctor Mauricio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-4695
DOI	10.1007/s11024-020-09407-4
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Entrepreneurship; Educational Innovation; Universities; Organizational Theories; Barriers; Technology Transfer; Economic Factors; Incentives; Developing Nations; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unternehmungsgeist; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; University; Universität; Organisationstheorie; Technologietransfer; Ökonomischer Faktor; Anreiz; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Kolumbien
Abstract	The present study contributes elements to the literature for the understanding of those institutional factors of organizations that promote the creation of spin-offs in universities. Institutional barriers to spin-off creation within universities are addressed from a qualitative perspective. The study was carried out in Colombia, a country with low levels of innovation and entrepreneurship. Purposive and snowball sampling were employed to identify experts. Participants were selected in accordance with their extensive experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, or technology transfer. The sample size was decided by saturation criteria, and 15 interviews were selected with this method. The semi-structured interview was chosen for information collection, and a thematic analysis was employed for data interpretation. Several aspects which permit suggestions for the future spin-off research agenda were identified: perceptions of the university, teaching focus, academic cultures that reward publication as a means of knowledge transfer, restrictions for public university spin-offs in developing countries, few economic and non-economic incentives for entrepreneurship, trust as a determining cultural characteristic, and limitations to the understanding of the spin-off concept that affect their creation. These results may be extrapolated to Latin America and other developing regions with similar entrepreneurial ecosystems. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01