As part of its annual review, Global University Venturing is asking all its readers to select the top article of 2017. The selection below is a mixture of the most read articles of the year and an editorially curated list. The headlines link to the article in question, to refresh your memory, and you can find our poll here.
A university should be as generous as it can afford to be
Tom Hockaday, founder of Technology Transfer Innovation and former head of Oxford’s commercialisation office, looks at why a university should be as generous as it can afford to be in matters of technology transfer.
By Tom Hockaday, founder of Technology Transfer Innovation
The UK wants to be a land of unicorns
The UK’s innovation ecosystem is lagging behind its US counterpart in the scaling of startups to unicorns – enterprises worth more than $1bn – and to make up that shortfall the government needs to shift its focus.
By Thierry Heles, editor
Linda Naylor looks back on 15 years with OUI
Oxford University Innovation’s managing director Linda Naylor speaks to GUV about her influential career.
By Thierry Heles, editor
South Korea is ready to boost spinouts
The government of South Korea is ready to support university innovation, launching several initiatives and passing deregulation.
By Hicheon Kim, professor of strategy and organisation and director of the Korea University Business School Startup Institute
Principles and myths – sustaining spinout ecosystems
To find an application in the market generally requires an external entrepreneur founder or team.
By Brian McCaul, chief executive, Qubis, Queen’s University Belfast’s tech transfer office
Who are the founders of university spinouts?
By David Dorsey, associate, Osage University Partners
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