Is it all about Spin-outs now?
No, of course not, there are so many different ways of creating impact and benefits to society from university-business interactions. It is all about knowledge exchange, knowledge transfer, valorization. Hughes et al 2016 NCUB Report shows 30 forms of interaction within the four groups of People, Community, Problem Solving and Commercialisation university-business interactions. And there are so many different types of commercial transactions with companies and investors: collaborative research, contract research, consulting, licensing to existing companies, as well as setting up spin-outs, spin-outs, spin-outs ....
But, err, actually, Yes, when you look at the news flow, the press releases, the ‘socials’, the conferences, the comment pieces, from universities, governments, research funders - it certainly feels like it is all about spin-outs these days.
There are reasons why spin-outs are more and more popular.
There are reasons why licensing to existing companies is getting harder.
And why may this matter? There are a number of reasons.
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