Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176657 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
EIF Working Paper No. 2015/27
Publisher: 
European Investment Fund (EIF), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
The limited availability of private funding sources to support technology transfer activities represents a major barrier to the effective commercialization of university technologies. This working paper analyzes the key determinants of use of financial instruments by universities - such as seed funds and proof-of-concept programs - to address such funding gaps. Using data from a survey of technology transfer office managers in European universities, the authors detail the antecedents of the presence of such instruments at the university level and their perceived effectiveness. The findings in turn have notable policy implications.
Subjects: 
Funding gap
university seed funds
proof-of-concept programs
technology transfer
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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