The present study concerns about data collection to identify the factors affecting the creation of academic spin-offs in Italy. The dependent variable is the number of academic spin-offs (exactly 773) created by Italian Universities over the years 2001-2009 and data about it have been collected by NetVal website (Network per la Valorizzazione della Ricerca Universitaria). There are two main aspects to be underlined: 1. It is not possible to have detailed information about the creation of academic spin-off by each University for each year. Thus, the dependent variable is the cumulated number of academic spin-offs over the years 2001- 2009; 2. It is not possible to have detailed information about the promoter of each academic spin-off. Because of this, the spin-offs included in the NetVal list are considered as the result of the University activity. It derives that the whole University is the unit of analysis of the present work and, consequently, it implies that all the independent variables are observed and considered from a University perspective and not from the promoter's one.
Data Collection
Luigi Guadalupi;
2012
Abstract
The present study concerns about data collection to identify the factors affecting the creation of academic spin-offs in Italy. The dependent variable is the number of academic spin-offs (exactly 773) created by Italian Universities over the years 2001-2009 and data about it have been collected by NetVal website (Network per la Valorizzazione della Ricerca Universitaria). There are two main aspects to be underlined: 1. It is not possible to have detailed information about the creation of academic spin-off by each University for each year. Thus, the dependent variable is the cumulated number of academic spin-offs over the years 2001- 2009; 2. It is not possible to have detailed information about the promoter of each academic spin-off. Because of this, the spin-offs included in the NetVal list are considered as the result of the University activity. It derives that the whole University is the unit of analysis of the present work and, consequently, it implies that all the independent variables are observed and considered from a University perspective and not from the promoter's one.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
