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Insights on Research Commercialisation
Why forcing one story quietly kills good ideas Academic entrepreneurship is often presented as a single narrative: Great research → ...
When research commercialisation fails, the blame usually falls on one of two ends: “The research wasn’t market-ready.” “Investors weren’t willing ...
For over a decade, academic innovation policy has promoted a simple narrative: Great research → startup → founder-researcher → growth. ...
Many promising research ideas never fail in the market.They fail much earlier — in meeting rooms, evaluation panels, and funding ...
When universities talk about commercialization performance, the conversation often starts from the same place: invention disclosures, patents, licensing revenues. These ...
In commercialization conversations, some talk about “lifetime researchers” while others highlight “early-career disruptors.” Does one path lead to spin-out success ...
When research teams spin out a new company, one of the most important questions is: What experience do the founders ...
In the world of academic spin-outs, a persistent question remains: Is there an ideal age for founding a company? Many ...
One of the most forward-looking findings of the study was the growing importance of metacompetences — higher-order abilities like creativity, ...
When people think of research commercialisation, they picture patents, prototypes, and business models.But according to Walasik & Poteralska’s study, the ...
