Explanation of Conceptual Model of Growth of Academic Spin-Offs (Case Study: ACECR1 Spin-Offs)
Subject Areas :عاطفه Zolfaghari 1 , S.R Hejazi 2
1 - کارشناس پژوهشکده ICTو دفتر مرکزی جهاد دانشگاهی و کارشناس ارشد کارآفرینی سازمانی دانشگاه تهران
2 - استادیار دانشکده کار آفرینی دانشگاه تهران
Keywords: growth, Academic Spin-Offs, Conceptual Model, Organizational Factors,
Abstract :
Increasing attention to the entrepreneurship and highlighted the role of spin-off compainies in knowledge transfer and technology transfer have shown the increasing importance of spin-off companies.this paper has been explained the conceptual model of growth of academic spin-offs by case study:ACECR spin-offs.this study mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods.In qualitative part of this research by study documents and information resources and spin-off articles the first conceptual model has been created,then based on the sixteen in depth interview by academic experts,founder and manager of the ACECR spin-offs and analysis data,the influencing factors including individual and organizational and invironmental factors and their subcategories have been identified and accepted.In the quantitative part of study,with the questionnaire,correlation between dependent variables and independent variables,individual and organizational and environmental factors have been evaluated.The results with path analysis have been shown that organizational factors have a direct impact on growth of spin-offs and personal and environmental factors indirectly affect the growth of ACECR spin-off companies.Environmental factors effect on individual factors and have less impact on organizaional factors then,individual factors influence on organizational factors and organizational factors directly effect on the growh of ACECR spin-offs
