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Sarfraz A. Mian
Other affiliations: State University of New York System
Bio: Sarfraz A. Mian is an academic researcher from State University of New York at Oswego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Incubator. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 42 publications receiving 2644 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarfraz A. Mian include State University of New York System.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the value-added contributions of university technology business incubators (UTBIs) to their new technology-based tenant firms, focusing on their typical incubator services along with university-related inputs, and conclude that several UTBI services, specifically some of the university related inputs such as university image, laboratories and equipment, and student employees add major values to the client firms.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a framework for assessing and managing university-based technology business incubators (UTBI) based on three sets of variables: (1) performance outcomes, (2) management policies and their effectiveness, and (3) services and their value-added.
Abstract: Seeks to develop a framework for assessing and managing university-based technology business incubators (UTBI). Three related areas of knowledge are used to develop this framework: (1) business incubation support, (2) university's involvement in technology and business development support, and (3) organizational effectiveness approaches. The conceptual model that is created is based on three sets of variables: (1) performance outcomes, (2) management policies and their effectiveness, and (3) services and their value-added. Performance outcomes are further divided into program growth and sustainability, tenant firm's survival and growth, contributions to sponsoring-university's mission, and community-related impacts. Management policies are broken down by goals, structures and governance, financing and capitalization, operational policies, and target markets. Services are examined in terms of shared incubator services and university-related services. In order to test the validity of this model, data were gathered from 30 five-year and older U.S. facilities. Four of these facilities were analyzed using a comparative evaluation approach. Using these four facilities, the analysis shows that the proposed model is flexible and easy-to-use in assessing and managing the performance of UTBIs. This model will help those assessing UTBIs to better understand performance and areas for improvement. (SRD)
469 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework for assessing and managing the university technology business incubator (UTBI) as a tool for new venture creation is proposed, which is drawn from a combined survey of the existing body of knowledge in the areas of business incubation, the university's involvement in technology and business development support, and the commonly accepted approaches to organizational assessment that provide the necessary building blocks for the integrative framework.
424 citations
TL;DR: A review of the past three decades of incubation literature, emerging practice, and future trends reveals that despite ongoing debate about their contribution and challenges, the future of TBIs is promising, and there are rich opportunities for research.
263 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a special issue focusing on the management, development, and implementation of universities seeking to become more entrepreneurial has been published, with the authors solicited original research on the strategic challenges that these universities currently encounter.
220 citations
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TL;DR: The Contingent Effectiveness Model of Technology Transfer (CEMT) as discussed by the authors is a model of technology transfer that assumes that technology effectiveness can take a variety of forms, including political effectiveness, capacity-building, and economic effectiveness.
1,585 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use an organizing framework based on institutional economics, in combination with lessons from cross-cultural psychology, to consider the social dimensions of entrepreneurship and find that entrepreneurs may partially overcome institutional deficiencies by relying on social networks that facilitate reputational bonding as a means for resource sharing.
Abstract: Schumpeter’s canonical depiction of the entrepreneur as an agent of social and economic change implies that entrepreneurs are especially sensitive to the social environment. We use an organizing framework based on institutional economics, in combination with lessons from cross-cultural psychology, to consider the social dimensions of entrepreneurship. The level and modes of entrepreneurial activity are affected by the surrounding culture and by legal rules. Entrepreneurs may partially overcome institutional deficiencies by relying on social networks that facilitate reputational bonding as a means for resource-sharing.
1,503 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an unusually comprehensive and detailed literature analysis of the stream of research on university entrepreneurship, now encompassing 173 articles published in a variety of academic journals, and inductively derive a framework describing the dynamic process of university entrepreneurship based on a synthesis of the literature.
Abstract: The literature on university entrepreneurship is rapidly expanding, in both the United States and Europe. Since the literature is also fairly fragmented, however, we submit that it is time to take stock of the current knowledge to provide directions for future research and guideposts for policy makers. To accomplish this, we present an unusually comprehensive and detailed literature analysis of the stream of research on university entrepreneurship, now encompassing 173 articles published in a variety of academic journals. Four major research streams emerge in this area of study: (i) entrepreneurial research university, (ii) productivity of technology transfer offices, (iii) new firm creation, and (iv) environmental context including networks of innovation. We inductively derive a framework describing the dynamic process of university entrepreneurship based on a synthesis of the literature. We submit that this framework is useful in guiding future research on this important, yet complex and under-researched topic.
1,456 citations
TL;DR: This paper investigated the impact of network capability (NC), defined as a firm's ability to develop and utilize inter-organizational relationships, and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on organizational performance.
1,109 citations
TL;DR: A review of the literature on business incubators and business incubation can be found in this paper, focusing on the primary research orientations, i.e. studies centering on incubator development, incubator configurations, incubatee development, and incubator-incubation impacts.
Abstract: This article systematically reviews the literature on business incubators and business incubation. Focusing on the primary research orientations—i.e. studies centering on incubator development, incubator configurations, incubatee development, incubator-incubation impacts, and theorizing about incubators-incubation—problems with extant research are analyzed and opportunities for future research are identified. From our review, it is clear that research has just begun to scratch the surface of the incubator-incubation phenomenon. While much attention has been devoted to the description of incubator facilities, less attention has been focused on the incubatees, the innovations they seek to diffuse, and the incubation outcomes that have been achieved. As interest in the incubator-incubation concept continues to grow, new research efforts should focus not only on these under-researched units of analysis, but also on the incubation process itself.
917 citations