DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

Key words:

Spin-off, transferencia de tecnología, creación de empresas, comercialización de la investigación, Spin-off, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, commercialisation of research.

Article type:

ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION / RESEARCH ARTICLE

Section:

VARIOUS

ABSTRACT
Recent trends in technology transfer show an intensification of spin-off creation as a modality of university research commercialisation, complementary to the conventional ones, contract research and licensing. In this paper we analyse the evolution, objectives, resources and
activities of a specialised unit –Technological Trampoline (TT) - in charge of new venture creation at the University of Girona. Based on two theoretical
frameworks, Resource-basedview and Institutional Theory, we adopt a multi-dimensional approach to study the strategy of spinning-off
new ventures at the University of Girona in terms of resources and activities, how this process is organised and if the outputs fit with this UdG’s
objectives and the local environment.
Key words: Spin-off, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, commercialisation of research.