University-based Venture Development Organizations

University-affiliated venture capital funds.

This paper briefly reviews university/industry licensing and research collaborations and focuses on three university-affiliated venture capital funds, which represent the most direct participation by academic institutions in creating new ventures based on technologies invented by their faculty members. The paper provides an early perspective on these funds as mechanisms for bringing new biomedi...

Corporate venture capital organizations in Germany: a comparison

This paper analyzes the goals, the organizational structures and processes, and the investment criteria that underlie venture strategies in Germany today, using a sample of 20 corporate venture capital organizations (CVCs). The performance of these CVCs is examined and the data are compared with those generated by studies on German independent venture capital organizations (VCs) as well as with...

Faith-Based Organizations In Community Development

Development requirements of university –based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Iran

The analysis of Iran's knowledge economy suggests that the main weakness of the Iranian economy is the lack of processes of innovation and innovative entrepreneurship for the exploitation of new knowledge and technology. These processes fundamentally formed in the knowledge-based entrepreneurship ecosystems that did not developed in Iran economy and has not even known. Therefore, the purpose of...

A Company/University Joint Venture to Build a Knowledge-Based System

A joint venture between a university-based research institute and a health insurance company to build a knowledge-based system to perform medical review of health insurance claims is described. In an early formal test, the system made appropriate decisions for approximately 70% of the claims. The remaining claims were referred to human reviewers in accordance with company policy. Forming a join...