Überblick
Akademische Spin-Offs sind gewerbliche Ausgründungen von Hochschulabsolventen oder Mitarbeitern öffentlicher Forschungseinrichtungen. Mittels der Kommerzialisierung von Technologien aus der akademischen Mutterorganisation können derartige Unternehmen einen wertvollen Beitrag zum technologischen und ökonomischen Fortschritt einer Volkswirtschaft leisten. Voraussetzung für die Entstehung entsprechender Effekte ist die Identifikation unternehmerischer Chancen und deren erfolgreiche Überführung in marktfähige Anwendungen. In diesem Zusammenhang ist das Humankapital der Gründer von höchster Relevanz. In Abhängigkeit des Humankapitals ergeben sich unterschiedliche Erfolgspotentiale für ein akademisches Spin-Off. Dessen Bedeutung muss jedoch mit dem Entwicklungsprozess eines akademischen Spin-Offs und in Abhängigkeit zu der Natur einer Chance differenziert betrachtet werden.
Bezugnehmend fokussiert die vorliegende ganzheitliche und explorativ ausgerichtete Studie konzeptionelle und methodische Grundlagen zu der Beziehung des Humankapitals akademischer Spin-Offs und dem Umgang mit unternehmerischen Chancen. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist diese Untersuchung in der klassischen Entrepreneurship-Forschung zu verorten. Der Bezugsrahmen erstreckt sich über die Analyse der frühen Phasen des Entwicklungsprozesses akademischer Ausgründungen und untersucht hierbei die differenzierte Bedeutung des Humankapitals im Zeitverlauf und dessen determinierende Wirkung auf die Natur einer Chance. Anhand einer Fallstudie über ein akademisches Spin-Off im frühen Entwicklungsstadium werden diese Zusammenhänge dezidiert aufgezeigt. Gleichzeitig werden basistheoretische Annahmen im Kontext des wissensbasierten Ansatzes analysiert und hinterfragt.
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Im Deutschen werden häufig die Begriffe verborgenes, stilles oder implizites Wissen als Synonym verwendet.
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Harper ([36], S. 617) folgend, besteht ein Gründerteam aus Individuen, die ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgen, welches erst unter optimalem Einsatz individueller unternehmerischer Tätigkeiten erzielt werden kann.
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Für einen Überblick bisheriger Ergebnisse vgl. u. a. Colombo und Grilli ([14], S. 797–799).
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Vor- und Nachteile von Planungsdokumenten sind bei Dencker et al. ([21], S. 520) nachzulesen.
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Winkelbach, A. (2014). Unternehmerische Chancen in dem frühen Entwicklungsprozess akademischer Spin-Offs. In: Walter, A., Rasmus, A., Riesenhuber, F., Schmidthals, J., Dickel, P. (eds) Fallstudien zur Gründung und Entwicklung innovationsorientierter Unternehmen. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03598-3_2
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