The Entrepreneurial Intentions of Academic Scientist-Inventors

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005

14 Pages Posted: 26 Nov 2012

See all articles by Jaume Villanueva

Jaume Villanueva

ESADE Business School

Daniel P. Forbes

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Harry J. Sapienza

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

Abstract

The creation of spinoffs by academic-inventors stimulates economic development and develops state-of-the-art technology (Shane, 2004). In this exploratory study, we examine why academicinventors commercialize inventions through the creation of a start-up. Drawing on data from a sample of 327 surveys of scientist-inventors from seven major universities around the U.S., we explore the relationship between inventors’ motivations to file an invention disclosure (ID) and their intentions to start a spinoff, among other variables. Social motivations had the strongest relationship with intention to start. However, neither research reputation nor institutional context was related to this intention.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

JEL Classification: M13

Suggested Citation

Villanueva, Jaume and Forbes, Daniel P. and Zellmer-Bruhn, Mary E. and Sapienza, Harry J., The Entrepreneurial Intentions of Academic Scientist-Inventors. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1516607

Jaume Villanueva (Contact Author)

ESADE Business School ( email )

Av. de Pedralbes, 60-62
Barcelona, 08034
Spain

Daniel P. Forbes

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn

affiliation not provided to SSRN

No Address Available

Harry J. Sapienza

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management ( email )

19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

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