The Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Italy, 1st ed. 2020 A Focus on Academic Spin-Offs

New firm creation is one of the most important topics at economic, social and political level. The emergence of new ventures is central to economic adaptation and change and one of the major features associated with growth in employment and in sector productivity.  Entrepreneurship is now at the centre of many policy questions related to science and technology, research and development, sustainability, poverty, human capital, employment, tangible and intangible resouces.  This book provides a better understanding of the process for setting up new initiatives, analysing the several factors related to entrepreneurship dynamic. It specifically analyses the factors explaining the entrepreneurial rates in Italy and the differences in entrepreneurial dynamics in a sample of EU countries. This book shows that the entrepreneurial dynamics is very different across countries and to establish a policy to foster entrepreneurship, there is a need to investigate which factors drive the entrepreneurial process. 

This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in Entrepreneurship, and it also offers interesting indications to policy makers.  Stimulating innovative entrepreneurship is one of the highest priorities in the current economic debate, and is particularly important in countries like Italy, where economic growth is slow and youth unemployment rates are very high.

Chapter 1: Entrepreneurial Dynamics.- Chapter 2: Academic Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 3: Concluding Remarks.

Alessandra Micozzi, PhD in Applied Economics, is Assistant Professor in Business Administration and Business Administration and Business Organization, ECampus University, Italy. She has got Masters in Technology and Innovation Management and MBA at Istao Business School, Italy. She was WP leader in the European Project CHETCH (China and Europe taking care of healthcare solutions) (PEOPLE MARIE CURIE ACTIONS Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES) and involved as experienced researcher for the economic area, in the European research project “Partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable energies and environmental industries – POREEN.” She is involved in the European Project IMPACT as start-up expert. She has contributed to the creation of 3 innovative start-ups. Her main research interests are: 1) the factors affecting the entrepreneurial dynamics in a regional innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem; 2) academic entrepreneurship and the impact of academic spin-offs at the local level; 3) the role of Technology Transfer Offices to promote academic entrepreneurship; 4) women entrepreneurs in high-tech firms starting from the premise that female participation in entrepreneurial activities could favour faster development since the diversity of economic agents in terms of motivation and opportunity recognition is essential for economic growth; 5) entrepreneurship education with a specific focus on the ways that entrepreneurship education could be organized within universities.

Analyses the factors explaining the entrepreneurial rates in Italy and the differences in entrepreneurial dynamics in a sample of EU countries

Provides a better understanding of the process for setting up new initiatives, analysing the several factors related to entrepreneurship dynamic

Focuses on a type of high-tech entrepreneurship, the academic entrepreneurship, investigating in depth the phenomenon of academic spin-offs