RT journal article
T1 TTO characteristics and university entrepreneurship: a cluster analysis
A1 Fernández Alles, María de la Luz
A1 Diánez González, Juan Pablo
A1 Rodríguez González, Tamara
A1 Villanueva Flores, María Mercedes
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Resources
K1 Experience
K1 University entrepreneurship
K1 Professionalization
K1 Academic spinoffs
K1 Technology transfer offices
AB Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze potentially significant differences in a series of relevantcharacteristics of universities’ technology transfer offices (TTOs). To this end, TTOs have been classified bythe function of their resources assigned to the enhancement of university entrepreneurship. The factorsanalyzed are the number of academic spin-offs created with the support of TTOs as well as the TTOs’ age,experience, professionalization and relational capital.Design/methodology/approach – The authors have performed a hierarchical agglomerative clusteranalysis to identify the groups of TTOs with homogeneous behavior and features. This multivariatetechnique allows determining whether it is possible to identify some differentiated conglomerates ofTTOs.Findings – The results of the cluster analysis allow concluding that the number of academic spin-offscreated with the support of TTOs, the age and degree of professionalization of these TTOs, the experiences oftheir employees in matters related to entrepreneurship and their relationships with market actors explain thedifferent levels of commitment of TTOs toward the enhancement of university entrepreneurship. In contrastwith the expected results, the relationship between TTOs and academic actors does not seem to explain suchdifferences.Originality/value – This research contributes to the identification of the particular design characteristicsthat TTOs should exhibit to promote the entrepreneurial performance of universities, offering importantrecommendations to academic institutions regarding the efficient design of TTOs to manage universityambidexterity and to build TTOs’ entrepreneurial identity.
SN 2053-4620
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33341
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33341
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-nov-2026