Research and Development of 'Science-Based Entreprenenurial Firms' and Industrial Transformation Mechanism: Case Study Approach

摘要

In practice, it is found that the establishment of "science-based entreprenenurial firms" (SBEFs) is an important way for universities and public research institutes (PRIs) to promote the transformation of scientific research achievements. This paper focuses on the research of SBEFs originated from universities and PRIs, trying to find out the regularity of the transformation of scientific research achievements by universities and PRIs with the help of such firms. In this paper, the four case studies have found that this kind of enterprise has eight characteristics, namely, the basic scientific initiative, startup led by scientists, market demand brought over scientific innovation, enterprise growth driven by scientific innovation, national support in an early stage, win-win partnership between university and firms, governance structure that encouraged entrepreneurship and finally, close cooperation among interdisciplinary scientific groups. This paper further argues that the key to solve the problem lies in encouraging the establishment of SBEFs and grasping these eight points. This study also shades light on the policy implications for government, universities and PRIs' scientific and technological policy as well as scientists' entrepreneurship.