TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Zhang, Junfu
        TI  - A Study of Academic Entrepreneurs Using Venture Capital Data
        PY  - 2007/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2992
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2992
        AB  - Academic entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important channel through which universities contribute to economic development. This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive venture capital database. I find that about two-thirds of the academic entrepreneurs locate their businesses in the same state as their universities. National academy membership and number of faculty awards, measures of a university’s research quality, are the most significant variables in explaining the number of academic entrepreneurs from a university. In contrast, the abundance of venture capital near the university has no significant effect on academic entrepreneurship.
        KW  - university spin-off
KW  - academic entrepreneur
KW  - venture capital
        ER  -