University Spin-Offs: Input/Output Metrics and Benefits
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, January 13, 2015 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place M5S 3K7 416-946-8900 |
Series
Frontiers of Research in Global Innovation
Description
Denys Cooper has been studying university spin-off firms (USO) for 25 years. The study has cumulated multi-year data for over 1,400 USOs covering over 90 centres in all provinces. Many special features of the results will be presented on firm status, jobs, sales, investments and gazelles (high growth firms). Canada ranks 6th of 34 countries reporting numbers of USOs, but first in the depth of national data on socio economic benefits. Data has also been assembled on the entrepreneurial professors with 2+ USOs, female-led firms and student-led spin-off firms.
Speaker bio: Denys Cooper received his B.Sc. At the University of Exeter and his Ph.D. at the University of Liverpool. He has written extensively on technological innovation in Canada and has worked for the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program between 1973 and 2008. He authored special studies on biotech financing, IPO values for biotech firms in Canada, university spin-off firms, high-growth firms, lag time from research to innovation, and R&D tax credits for industry. He has served on NSERC’s committee on National Biotech Strategy and various DFATD’s committees focusing on U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian technologies.
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