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Alessandra Micozzi, PhD in Applied Economics, is a Assistant Professor in Business Administration and Business Administration and business organization, ECampus University. She got Master in Technology and Innovation Management and MBA at Istao business school. She is senior researcher in Women Entrepreneurship committee, Chamber of Commerce, Ancona. She is WP leader in the European Project CHETCH (China and Europe taking care of healthcare solutions) (PEOPLE MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES). She is a startupper, contributing to the creation of 3 innovative start-ups. Her main research interests are: 1) the factors affecting the entrepreneurial dynamics in a regional innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem; 2) academic entrepreneurship and the impact of academic spin-offs at the local level. Spin-off creation is the most complex way of commercializing academic research, compared to patenting and R&D collaborations, but has the highest potential direct and indirect impact on the local context so it is important to analyse this phenomenon; 3) the role of Technology Transfer Offices to promote academic entrepreneurship; 4) women entrepreneurs in high-tech firms starting from the premise that female participation in entrepreneurial activities could favour faster development since the diversity of economic agents in terms of motivation and opportunity recognition is essential for economic growth; 5) entrepreneurship education
To enhance the development of academic spin‐offs, surrogate (external) entrepreneurs are often added to the entrepreneurial team comprising academics. Existing research focused on entrepreneurial team diversity (horizontal member differences) and has mixed results. Vertical member differences (i.e., inequality) between academics and non‐academics are not addressed. However, strategic decision making is one of the main responsibilities of an entrepreneurial team. Decision‐making power, as reflected in ownership, in particular, is thus of the essence. Based on a sample of 164 Italian academic spin‐offs, this article investigates the impacts of both horizontal and vertical heterogeneity of entrepreneurial teams on the firms’ performance. The findings confirm that surrogate entrepreneurs generally make a positive contribution to academic spin‐off performance but become counter‐productive when their presence overpowers that of academics.
Cyrine Ben‐Hafaïedh; Alessandra Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Incorporating non‐academics in academic spin‐off entrepreneurial teams: the vertical diversity that can make the difference. R&D Management 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleCyrine Ben‐Hafaïedh, Alessandra Micozzi, Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Incorporating non‐academics in academic spin‐off entrepreneurial teams: the vertical diversity that can make the difference. R&D Management. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCyrine Ben‐Hafaïedh; Alessandra Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. 2021. "Incorporating non‐academics in academic spin‐off entrepreneurial teams: the vertical diversity that can make the difference." R&D Management , no. : 1.
An unpredictable shock hit the Italian economy in February 2020 when the spread of the COVID-19 virus began in Italy and other countries worldwide. In this context, Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies can be a fundamental tool for economic recovery by favouring the shift towards sustainable manufacturing. Therefore, it is necessary to measure the readiness of countries for I4.0 in order to guide policies in defining incentives to promote I4.0 and unlock its potential in the pandemic era. In this context, the paper aims to understand the readiness and responsiveness of the Italian Regions with respect to I4.0 concepts prior to the pandemic and identify best practices that are supporting companies in I4.0 adoption, with a focus on those incentivizing sustainable practices. An assessment framework before the pandemic is provided based on two dimensions: the readiness of firms to invest in I4.0 and favourable structural conditions. The assessment shows a group of alert regions as opposed to a group of unprepared, mostly linked Northern and Southern differences. Assuming that the “alert regions” are more likely to effectively manage and overcome the post- COVID-19 crisis, we provide a picture of how the Italian Regions have sought to encourage the adoption of digital technologies to improve resilience after the shock. The analysis shows that supporting measures mainly address Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Furthermore, the tenders encouraging the adoption of I4.0 suggest that collaboration among stakeholders will become imperative.
Dominique Lepore; Alessandra Micozzi; Francesca Spigarelli. Industry 4.0 Accelerating Sustainable Manufacturing in the COVID-19 Era: Assessing the Readiness and Responsiveness of Italian Regions. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2670 .
AMA StyleDominique Lepore, Alessandra Micozzi, Francesca Spigarelli. Industry 4.0 Accelerating Sustainable Manufacturing in the COVID-19 Era: Assessing the Readiness and Responsiveness of Italian Regions. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2670.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDominique Lepore; Alessandra Micozzi; Francesca Spigarelli. 2021. "Industry 4.0 Accelerating Sustainable Manufacturing in the COVID-19 Era: Assessing the Readiness and Responsiveness of Italian Regions." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2670.
Over the last 20 years, universities and Public Research Organizations have increased their efforts to transfer their research results towards industrial applications in order to generate economic and social impact. Among many different actions, new technology transfer offices (TTOs) have been set up and existing ones strengthened. The present paper intends to evaluate the effects of a specific policy action launched by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM) within the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), aimed at increasing the number of employees in TTOs to foster technology transfer in general and the valorization of intellectual property rights more specifically. Our results suggest that the impact of the UIBM policy action has been positive and that in some specific situations the impact was stronger. Our results therefore contribute to the technology transfer literature and can have implications for both academic research and decisions regarding investments in human resources in university TTOs.
Alessandra Micozzi; Donato Iacobucci; Irene Martelli; Andrea Piccaluga. Engines need transmission belts: the importance of people in technology transfer offices. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2021, 1 -33.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi, Donato Iacobucci, Irene Martelli, Andrea Piccaluga. Engines need transmission belts: the importance of people in technology transfer offices. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2021; ():1-33.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi; Donato Iacobucci; Irene Martelli; Andrea Piccaluga. 2021. "Engines need transmission belts: the importance of people in technology transfer offices." The Journal of Technology Transfer , no. : 1-33.
The creation of new business is seen as a key factor to reach economic goals at regional and national levels. Many regions in advanced countries have experienced stagnation or, in some cases, decline in traditional manufacturing sectors and the changes in the patterns of entrepreneurial activities towards innovation and knowledge are necessary. There is a need to understand the factors that have an impact on entrepreneurial dynamics, and the focus of this chapter is on the elements that foster or prevent entrepreneurship in Italy.
Alessandra Micozzi. Entrepreneurial Dynamics. The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy 2020, 1 -41.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi. Entrepreneurial Dynamics. The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy. 2020; ():1-41.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi. 2020. "Entrepreneurial Dynamics." The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy , no. : 1-41.
The second chapter analyzes the phenomenon of academic entrepreneurship that could be defined as the direct involvement of academicians that valorize into market the results of academic research. The commercialization of scientific and technological knowledge represents a fuel for fostering the regional economic growth, and a way to valorize research results into market is the creation of new firms: the academic spin-offs.
Alessandra Micozzi. Academic Entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy 2020, 43 -112.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi. Academic Entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy. 2020; ():43-112.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi. 2020. "Academic Entrepreneurship." The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy , no. : 43-112.
The last chapter of this book provides some conclusions and policy implications, highlighting an important aspect: the role of education in the creation of a solid entrepreneurial culture among citizens.
Alessandra Micozzi. Concluding Remarks. The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy 2020, 113 -119.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi. Concluding Remarks. The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy. 2020; ():113-119.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi. 2020. "Concluding Remarks." The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy , no. : 113-119.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of university Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in contributing to the creation and the performance of academic spin‐offs (ASOs). More specifically, it investigates the relationship between resources invested in TTOs in term of employees and the creation and growth of ASOs. The empirical analysis refers to Italy, where since 1999 academicians have been allowed to be actively involved in setting up companies for the ‘industrial use of research’. We used data on ASOs and resources invested by Italian universities in TTOs during the 2002–2011 period to investigate if and to what extent such investments contributed to the birth and growth of ASOs. We also controlled the results using information on university and on local context, in which university is located. The results of the empirical analysis show that in a first phase academicians reacted more promptly than universities to the opportunities offered by the new legislation, which may in part be due to the organizational rigidity that characterizes Public Administration in Italy. However, the empirical analysis also shows that after this initial phase the size of the TTOs (in terms of employees) has had a positive influence on the number of new ASOs (i.e. birth), but not on the performance of ASOs (i.e. growth), which is influenced by both long‐term investments in research (i.e. the quality of research results) and other variables linked to the regional and national contexts, such as the presence of incubators or the level of economic development. Our results regard a widely studied topic and should provide incremental findings for the community of entrepreneurship scholars and relevant implications for policy makers and TTO managers.
Donato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi; Andrea Piccaluga. An empirical analysis of the relationship between university investments in Technology Transfer Offices and academic spin‐offs. R&D Management 2020, 51, 3 -23.
AMA StyleDonato Iacobucci, Alessandra Micozzi, Andrea Piccaluga. An empirical analysis of the relationship between university investments in Technology Transfer Offices and academic spin‐offs. R&D Management. 2020; 51 (1):3-23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi; Andrea Piccaluga. 2020. "An empirical analysis of the relationship between university investments in Technology Transfer Offices and academic spin‐offs." R&D Management 51, no. 1: 3-23.
Purpose This paper aims to dismantle the idea that sex per se explains entrepreneurial outcomes and demonstrates the influence of a gendered motivation on forging and shaping new venture teams, which is a disruptive choice affecting the future of start-ups. Design/methodology/approach A two-level research model is validated on data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics II (PSED II), with a system of simultaneous equations. First, if team features affect the performance of new ventures is tested; then, the study investigates determinants of team features with a focus on sex and motivation of nascent entrepreneurs. Findings Human capital (HC) in terms of education and experience of team members consistently explains venture evolution only when considering the larger team of affiliates. The HC gathered by nascent entrepreneurs is not because of the simplistic sex condition, but rather to a gendered motivation related to the inferior need of achievement of women. Research limitations/implications Limitations of discretionary scoring assigned to items of the PSED II survey are present, but unavoidable when processing qualitative data. Practical implications Women need to be (culturally) educated on how to re-balance their personal motivation towards entrepreneurship by fostering their incentives for achievement. Political and educational programmes could trigger success in the creation of new businesses led by women. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature on nascent entrepreneurship, focusing on the entrepreneurial teams in the initial phase of business creation, and provides the basis for further studies aimed at eradicating the stereotypes of gender roles that lead women to self-exclusion and organizational errors.
Roy Cerqueti; Caterina Lucarelli; Nicoletta Marinelli; Alessandra Micozzi. Teams in new ventures: gender, human capital and motivation. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2020, 12, 145 -171.
AMA StyleRoy Cerqueti, Caterina Lucarelli, Nicoletta Marinelli, Alessandra Micozzi. Teams in new ventures: gender, human capital and motivation. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. 2020; 12 (2):145-171.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoy Cerqueti; Caterina Lucarelli; Nicoletta Marinelli; Alessandra Micozzi. 2020. "Teams in new ventures: gender, human capital and motivation." International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 12, no. 2: 145-171.
Alessandra Micozzi; Francesca Micozzi. The entrepreneurial intention in female university students: an Italian case. Gender, Science and Innovation 2020, 305 -327.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi, Francesca Micozzi. The entrepreneurial intention in female university students: an Italian case. Gender, Science and Innovation. 2020; ():305-327.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi; Francesca Micozzi. 2020. "The entrepreneurial intention in female university students: an Italian case." Gender, Science and Innovation , no. : 305-327.
Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams generally concentrate high levels of research and development experience while they are often found lacking in commercial skills. This prompts the integration of surrogate entrepreneurs (practitioners) but the literature questions the effectiveness of these artificially created teams. We argue that faultline theory applied to this context of different identity-based subgroups in a team can provide important insight, and complement the traditional approaches to top team diversity such as upper echelons theory. Our research compares the impact of the three main possible academic spin-off entrepreneurial team configurations on the two principal success-related tasks, innovation and sales, and considers the role important stakeholders, such as public research institutions and industrial partners, can have. In a sample of 164 academic spin-offs, we show that certain configurations are more suited to certain objectives and that faultline theory does indeed contribute to better our understanding of the entrepreneurial teams’ outcomes. Furthermore, the expectations one might have with regard to the extended entrepreneurial team as a possible remedy for weak core team configurations are not supported by our data. Implications for theory and practice are provided.
Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh; Alessandra Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2017, 43, 714 -733.
AMA StyleCyrine Ben-Hafaïedh, Alessandra Micozzi, Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2017; 43 (3):714-733.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCyrine Ben-Hafaïedh; Alessandra Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. 2017. "Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach." The Journal of Technology Transfer 43, no. 3: 714-733.
Alessandra Micozzi. Editorial. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2017, 9, 2 -7.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi. Editorial. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. 2017; 9 (1):2-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi. 2017. "Editorial." International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 9, no. 1: 2-7.
Cyrine Ben-Hafaiedh; Alessandra Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach. 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleCyrine Ben-Hafaiedh, Alessandra Micozzi, Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach. . 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCyrine Ben-Hafaiedh; Alessandra Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. 2017. "Academic spin-offs’ entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach." , no. : 1.
Purpose This paper aims to improve knowledge of individual heterogeneity in affecting the entrepreneurial attitude, taking socioeconomic drivers under control thanks to a cross-country analysis. The authors operate a “selection” of proxy for individual heterogeneity, mainly based on gender, demographical features, personal attitude and intrinsic motivation. Design/methodology/approach This exploration is supported by an empirical analysis based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), for the period 2001-2012, and for a selection of 37 countries. It is expected that gender and further individual variables have an impact on the probability to become a nascent entrepreneur (e.g. age, level of education, self-confidence, social perception of self-employment as career choice). This paper evaluates the degree of consistency of these variables across very dissimilar countries. Findings Gender and confidence on own skill play a significant and consistent effect on the entrepreneurial attitude, so these personal features are, per se, the driving-strength of entrepreneurial intent. Conversely, fear of failure and belief on the status are not always statistically significant, or not homogenous in their relationship: socioeconomic or country-specific characteristics are strong and sort out in an unpredictable relationship between these variables and the willingness to run new ventures. Research limitations/implications A limited selection of individual features constrained by availability of information from the GEM data set. Practical implications The motivation of this paper is to focus-back attention on intra-individual features that may affect entrepreneurship and to support evidence of whether individual heterogeneity is able to affect the entrepreneurial attitude, taking socioeconomic drivers under control. Social implications An institutional and political commitment should be intensified to reduce the waste of opportunities that is associated with any forms of self-exclusion from entrepreneurship, such as those based on gender (being women) or (low) self-esteem. Originality/value Due to the “individual” perspective, this paper adds to previous studies that exploited the GEM data set because they mostly follow an institutional conceptual framework.
Alessandra Micozzi; Caterina Lucarelli. Heterogeneity in entrepreneurial intent: the role of gender across countries. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 2016, 8, 173 -194.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi, Caterina Lucarelli. Heterogeneity in entrepreneurial intent: the role of gender across countries. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. 2016; 8 (2):173-194.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi; Caterina Lucarelli. 2016. "Heterogeneity in entrepreneurial intent: the role of gender across countries." International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 8, no. 2: 173-194.
This study addresses the following research questions: what happens to the propensity to collaborate with other firms, once the researcher creates her own venture? Do her collaborations decrease or do they grow? These questions have been overlooked by the current literature, even though they carry important policy implications. Our key suggestion is that the effectiveness of a technology transfer tool can be better assessed by taking into account the possible crowding-out effects with other channels of knowledge transfer. We do so for Italy, by comparing the behavior of single researchers, before and after the establishment of their own firm, with the behavior of a control group. We assess whether those academics that founded their own firm significantly change their attitude to perform research collaborations with other firms by means of co-publication and co-patenting. We also verify whether creating a firm has an impact on the overall patenting and publication performance. Our results suggest that there is a negative effect on the overall publishing performance, while the patenting activity does not change significantly. Regarding co-publications, our results confirm the existence of a substitution effect between spin-offs and co-publication with firms, while we observe an increase in the case of co-patenting. A closer look at the data, however, suggests that the latter is mainly triggered by the patenting activity that the researcher performs with his or her own company.
Elisa Barbieri; Lauretta Rubini; Chiara Pollio; Alessandra Micozzi. What are the trade-offs of academic entrepreneurship? An investigation on the Italian case. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2016, 43, 198 -221.
AMA StyleElisa Barbieri, Lauretta Rubini, Chiara Pollio, Alessandra Micozzi. What are the trade-offs of academic entrepreneurship? An investigation on the Italian case. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2016; 43 (1):198-221.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElisa Barbieri; Lauretta Rubini; Chiara Pollio; Alessandra Micozzi. 2016. "What are the trade-offs of academic entrepreneurship? An investigation on the Italian case." The Journal of Technology Transfer 43, no. 1: 198-221.
We aim at analyzing female participation in Italian academic spin-offs using publically available data and a unique hand-collected database of all academic spin-offs set up in Italy from 2002 to 2007. We base our study on three complementary levels of analysis: macro, meso, and micro level. We show that the gender gap in academic spin-offs is relevant and that a certain degree of spatial heterogeneity—possibly reflecting cultural and environmental differences between Italian provinces—exists. Furthermore, our findings show a disadvantage of females in the startup funding phase: an unfavorable circumstance that reduces their chances of success and force them to create new businesses mainly in the service sector. Social relationships and empathy among females may help compensate their disadvantages and break down barriers to entrepreneurship.
Alessandra Micozzi; Francesca Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Fostering Female Entrepreneurship in Academic Spin-offs. Entrepreneurship Education at Universities 2016, 49 -68.
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi, Francesca Micozzi, Pierpaolo Pattitoni. Fostering Female Entrepreneurship in Academic Spin-offs. Entrepreneurship Education at Universities. 2016; ():49-68.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi; Francesca Micozzi; Pierpaolo Pattitoni. 2016. "Fostering Female Entrepreneurship in Academic Spin-offs." Entrepreneurship Education at Universities , no. : 49-68.
Italy is characterized by large territorial differences in entrepreneurial rates. The main aims of this paper are to provide a better understanding of the factors affecting these differences and explain the reason of their persistence over time. The persistence of territorial differences may depend on the persistence of differences in explanatory variables of entrepreneurial rates - such as socio-demographics factors, activity rates the structure and organization of local production systems, etc. - or on the presence of path dependent effects. For the empirical analysis, we consider the creation of new firms in Italy from 2001 to 2012 using the Movimprese database provided by the Chambers of Commerce. The database provides information on new firm formation at territorial level (103 provinces) and disaggregated by sector of activity. Using the adult population as normalizing variable, the entrepreneurial rate is defined as the total number of new firms in a year on the adult population at the beginning of the year. We consider entrepreneurial rates referring to the overall sectors and for the manufacturing industry. We use different econometric techniques to separate the impact of explanatory variables from path dependent effects.
Giulio Cainelli; Donato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi. Determinants of territorial differences in entrepreneurial rates. An empirical analysis of Italian local systems. 2015, 1 .
AMA StyleGiulio Cainelli, Donato Iacobucci, Alessandra Micozzi. Determinants of territorial differences in entrepreneurial rates. An empirical analysis of Italian local systems. . 2015; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulio Cainelli; Donato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi. 2015. "Determinants of territorial differences in entrepreneurial rates. An empirical analysis of Italian local systems." , no. : 1.
The paper proposes a framework to evaluate the impact of academic spin-offs at the local level. Spin-off creation is the most complex way of commercializing academic research, compared to patenting and R&D collaborations, but has the highest potential impact on the local context. We develop a framework that takes into account the direct and indirect impacts of spin-offs. In the empirical part of the paper we apply this framework to Italian spin-offs set up between 2000 and 2012, and to a sample of Università Politecnica delle Marche spin-offs. The empirical analysis shows that, measured in quantitative terms, the impact of spin-offs on the local economy is quite small. However, this depends on the characteristics of the local economy, and there are some indirect effects that should be considered in both the short and longer terms.
Donato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi. How to evaluate the impact of academic spin-offs on local development: an empirical analysis of the Italian case. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2014, 40, 434 -452.
AMA StyleDonato Iacobucci, Alessandra Micozzi. How to evaluate the impact of academic spin-offs on local development: an empirical analysis of the Italian case. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2014; 40 (3):434-452.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi. 2014. "How to evaluate the impact of academic spin-offs on local development: an empirical analysis of the Italian case." The Journal of Technology Transfer 40, no. 3: 434-452.
Academic entrepreneurship, i.e. new firms that involve former students and researchers are especially important as a source of high-tech ventures and technology transfer from university. This is one of the reasons for the steady increase of entrepreneurship courses within university curricula observed in Italy during the last decade. Besides the supply of entrepreneurship courses one of the most promising ways to promote entrepreneurship is the creation of an organized ‘space’ where students can meet, attend workshops and seminars and above all have the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs, business angels, etc. while working at their own entrepreneurial idea. The ‘space’ will host students following different curricula; from humanities to engineering. The contamination of expertise and skills should facilitate the generation of new ideas. Moreover, the formation of heterogeneous teams is expected to raise the success rates of the new ventures. The paper discusses in details how such a space could be organized, the activities that could be carried out to attain its goals and the rules for the admission of students. This discussion is based on the review of the relevant literature and on a specific project carried out at the Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy).
Alessandra Micozzi; Francesca Micozzi. Rethinking entrepreneurship education within universities: knowledge sharing as value proposition. 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Micozzi, Francesca Micozzi. Rethinking entrepreneurship education within universities: knowledge sharing as value proposition. . 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Micozzi; Francesca Micozzi. 2014. "Rethinking entrepreneurship education within universities: knowledge sharing as value proposition." , no. : 1.
Donato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi. Entrepreneurship education in Italian universities: trend, situation and opportunities. Education + Training 2012, 54, 673 -696.
AMA StyleDonato Iacobucci, Alessandra Micozzi. Entrepreneurship education in Italian universities: trend, situation and opportunities. Education + Training. 2012; 54 (8/9):673-696.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi. 2012. "Entrepreneurship education in Italian universities: trend, situation and opportunities." Education + Training 54, no. 8/9: 673-696.
Academic spin-offs are new companies that evolve out from universities as a result of the process of technology transfer from research to commercialisation of new products or services. This paper analyses the experience of Italian spin-offs, from their first introduction in 1999, with specific regard to the following aspects: the early growth, the governance structure and the entrepreneurial orientation. The empirical analysis refers to a sample of 160 spin-offs set up between 2000 and 2005. Quantitative analysis is based on annual reports after two, four and six years from set up. Quantitative data are supplemented with qualitative information collected from direct interview with owners and managers of spin-offs. The paper highlights the difficulties of most spin-offs in transforming the initial idea in a sustainable business. This is the result, among other things, of the lack of entrepreneurial orientation by the researchers promoting and managing the spin-offs.
Donato Iacobucci; Alessandro Iacopini; Alessandra Micozzi; Simone Orsini. Fostering entrepreneurship in academic spin-offs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2011, 12, 513 .
AMA StyleDonato Iacobucci, Alessandro Iacopini, Alessandra Micozzi, Simone Orsini. Fostering entrepreneurship in academic spin-offs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 2011; 12 (4):513.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonato Iacobucci; Alessandro Iacopini; Alessandra Micozzi; Simone Orsini. 2011. "Fostering entrepreneurship in academic spin-offs." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 12, no. 4: 513.