...Yuanyuan Chen; Alfredo Jiménez Purpose This study explores how academic entrepreneurs' prior scientific research experience influences their firms' external knowledge search behaviors, and how their corporate positions within academic spin-offs moderate this relationship. Design/methodology...

...Xueyan Zhang; Xiaohu Zhou; Qiao Wang; Zhouyue Wu; Yue Sui Purpose Based on social influence theory, this paper aims to explore the influence of academic entrepreneurs on team innovation activities. The innovation behavior of academic team members is the key behavior in academic entrepreneurial...

...Bruno Armano; Simone Domenico Scagnelli Purpose The aim of this paper is to present the results of a study examining the role played by academic entrepreneurs in science‐based companies grown in university incubators. The authors aim to address whether the presence of academic entrepreneurs...