Research spin-off

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title: "Research spin-off" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["research", "types-of-business-entity", "corporate-spin-offs"] description: "Type of company" topic_path: "general/research" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_spin-off" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Type of company ::

A research spin-off is a company that falls into at least one of the four following categories:

1. Companies that have an Equity investment from a national library or university
2. Companies that license technology from a public research institute or university
3. Companies that consider a university or public sector employee to have been a founder
4. Companies that have been established directly by a public research institution

The two main research spin-off models in Russia are those developed from the Institutes of the Academy of Science and Svetlana. QinetiQ is an example of a research spin-off in the United Kingdom.

References

References

1. Benedicte Callan. (2001). "Generating Spin-offs:Evidence from Across the OECD". [[OECD Publishing]].
2. (2005). "Fostering Public-Private Partnership for Innovation in Russia". OECD Publishing.
3. PJ Connolly. (14 May 2001). "Block that email!". [[InfoWorld]].

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