Special issue: Academic entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 12(4) 2011

• Growth of university-based start-ups and acquisition as an exit strategy in academic entrepreneurship: evidence from software-based ventures
• The influence of team heterogeneity on team processes of multi-person ventures: an empirical analysis of highly innovative academic start-ups
• The entrepreneurial university's influence on commercialisation of academic research – the illustrative case of Chalmers University of Technology
• Academic entrepreneurship – the structure of incubator management and best practice reported on Swedish business incubators' websites
• The diffusion of Bayh-Dole to Germany: did new public policy facilitate university patenting and commercialisation?
• Soft starters, research boutiques and product-oriented firms: different business models for spin-off companies
• Academic spin-offs – a hybrid research culture as factor of success
• Fostering entrepreneurship in academic spin-offs