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Technology transfer offices as boundary spanners in the prespin-off process: the case of a hybrid model

Annelore Huyghe (UGent) , Mirjam Knockaert (UGent) , Mike Wright (UGent) and Evila Piva
(2014) SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS. 43(2). p.289-307
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Over the past decades, universities have increasingly become ambidextrous organizations reconciling scientific and commercial missions. In order to manage this ambidexterity, technology transfer offices (TTOs) were established in most universities. This paper studies a specific, often implemented, but rather understudied type of TTO, namely a hybrid TTO model uniting centralized and decentralized levels. Employing a qualitative research design, we examine how and why the two TTO levels engage in diverse boundary spanning activities to help nascent spin-off companies move through the pre-spin-off process. Our research identifies differences in the types of boundary spanning activities that centralized and decentralized TTOs perform and in the parties they engage with. We find geographical, technological and organizational proximity to be important antecedents of the TTOs' engagement in external and internal boundary spanning activities. These results have important implications for both academics and practitioners interested in university technology transfer through spin-off creation.
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UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY, ANTECEDENTS, INNOVATION, SCIENCE, PERFORMANCE, KNOWLEDGE, COMMERCIALIZATION, ENTREPRENEURS, PROXIMITY, Technology transfer office, Boundary spanning, Proximity, Nascent spin-offs

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MLA
Huyghe, Annelore, et al. “Technology Transfer Offices as Boundary Spanners in the Prespin-off Process: The Case of a Hybrid Model.” SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS, vol. 43, no. 2, 2014, pp. 289–307, doi:10.1007/s11187-013-9537-1.
APA
Huyghe, A., Knockaert, M., Wright, M., & Piva, E. (2014). Technology transfer offices as boundary spanners in the prespin-off process: the case of a hybrid model. SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS, 43(2), 289–307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-013-9537-1
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Huyghe, Annelore, Mirjam Knockaert, Mike Wright, and Evila Piva. 2014. “Technology Transfer Offices as Boundary Spanners in the Prespin-off Process: The Case of a Hybrid Model.” SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS 43 (2): 289–307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-013-9537-1.
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Huyghe, Annelore, Mirjam Knockaert, Mike Wright, and Evila Piva. 2014. “Technology Transfer Offices as Boundary Spanners in the Prespin-off Process: The Case of a Hybrid Model.” SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS 43 (2): 289–307. doi:10.1007/s11187-013-9537-1.
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Huyghe A, Knockaert M, Wright M, Piva E. Technology transfer offices as boundary spanners in the prespin-off process: the case of a hybrid model. SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS. 2014;43(2):289–307.
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A. Huyghe, M. Knockaert, M. Wright, and E. Piva, “Technology transfer offices as boundary spanners in the prespin-off process: the case of a hybrid model,” SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 289–307, 2014.
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