BOOKS BY MAURIZIO SOBRERO

La ricerca presentata in questo volume si prefigge l’obiettivo di analizzare i cambiamenti nel settore manufatturiero, un ambito cruciale per l’economia italiana, in un contesto avanzato come l’Emilia-Romagna, focalizzandosi sul ruolo strategico dei servizi tecnologicamente avanzati nei processi di transizione in corso nei sistemi produttivi regionali dell’agroalimentare, dell’automotive e della logistica.

cod. 10614.7

Daniela Bolzani, Riccardo Fini, Rosa Grimaldi, Maurizio Sobrero

University spin-offs and their impact: longitudinal evidence from Italy

ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE

Fascicolo: 4 / 2014

The creation of university spin-off companies (USOs) is one of the most visible form of commercialization of university research. To date, there is scant and mixed evidence about USOs and their performance, thus producing a debate about their impact on the economy and society and about the legitimization of policies to support their development. In this paper, we address this gap by providing evidence about the growth strategies and performances of USOs in the Italian context. We analyze the population of nine hundred thirty-five USOs spin-off from Italian public universities since 2000, highlighting potential avenues for future research on this important topic.