Endorsements

This book is a must-read for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who want to really understand the emergence of technology-based startup companies from academic institutions around the world. Edited by two of the leading researchers on academic entrepreneurship and with chapters from many other experts in the field, the book is unique in its coverage of universities from around the globe and for opening up the black box of the university practices that actually contribute to the formation of spin-off companies.

Toby Stuart, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

This volume brings alive the modern synthesis of entrepreneurship and universities that has created a powerful force for change and wealth in societies. The contributors are at the forefront of the subject and leaders every where will need to understand the insights discussed.

Phillip A. Sharp, Nobel Laureate, Medicine, Institute Professor Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Co-Founder Biogen Idec, Alnylam,

While technology transfer from the university to industry is critical to economic growth and competitiveness, our commensurate understanding thereof is quite limited. Using an entrepreneurial lens, Allen and O'Shea edited an important volume that opens the Black Box of technology transfer by studying leading research institutions across the globe. This book is a must read for any policy maker, university administrator, academic, and student interested in technology transfer, innovation, and economic growth.

Frank T. Rothaermel, Deedy Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

This edited volume by Allen and O¿Shea provides excellent insight into the academic spinoff phenomenon by detailing the institutional development of a range of research university efforts in this vitally important means of technology transfer.

David H. Hsu, Associate Professor of Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania