University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering.
This paper describes how a team of university professors and graduate students created a technology-based company (spin-off) to as a means to deliver their research findings to the agricultural sector. The spin-off company was based on the use of new methodologies, equipment, instrumentation and sen...
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Universidad Alberto Hurtado
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| author | Manuel Perez-Ruiz Jacob Carballido Juan Agüera Vega |
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| description | This paper describes how a team of university professors and graduate students created a technology-based company (spin-off) to as a means to deliver their research findings to the agricultural sector. The spin-off company was based on the use of new methodologies, equipment, instrumentation and sensors initially developed for various research projects. Successful field tests and positive feedback from farmers initially prompted the development of the spin-off. The spin-off progress has been observed and recorded from the idea phase through the company start-up until the second round of financing (October 2007 to January 2010). Since limited time scales are commonly found in agriculture, the spin-off company provided a way to deliver timely research results to the agricultural community. Although university research results may eventually end up in the agricultural sector, in many cases this process requires a lot of bureaucracy and time. Spin-off companies can be flexible tools to transfer this knowledge and technology to the agricultural sector, as well as providing direct career opportunities for graduate students and PhD students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9c195171c6e44778cf781cabca79b412023-04-11T20:01:07ZengUniversidad Alberto HurtadoJournal of Technology Management & Innovation0718-27242013-09-018310.4067/S0718-27242013000400014851University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering.Manuel Perez-Ruiz0Jacob Carballido1Juan Agüera Vega2University of Sevilla. Aerospace Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Department.University of Córdoba. Rural Engineering Department, Campus Rabanales, Edif. Leonardo da Vinci, N. IV- Km. 396. Córdoba (Spain)University of Córdoba. Rural Engineering Department, Campus Rabanales, Edif. Leonardo da Vinci, N. IV- Km. 396. Córdoba (Spain)This paper describes how a team of university professors and graduate students created a technology-based company (spin-off) to as a means to deliver their research findings to the agricultural sector. The spin-off company was based on the use of new methodologies, equipment, instrumentation and sensors initially developed for various research projects. Successful field tests and positive feedback from farmers initially prompted the development of the spin-off. The spin-off progress has been observed and recorded from the idea phase through the company start-up until the second round of financing (October 2007 to January 2010). Since limited time scales are commonly found in agriculture, the spin-off company provided a way to deliver timely research results to the agricultural community. Although university research results may eventually end up in the agricultural sector, in many cases this process requires a lot of bureaucracy and time. Spin-off companies can be flexible tools to transfer this knowledge and technology to the agricultural sector, as well as providing direct career opportunities for graduate students and PhD students.https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1284University Spin-offTechnology transferEngineeringPrecision agricultureSustainble agriculture |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Perez-Ruiz Jacob Carballido Juan Agüera Vega University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation University Spin-off Technology transfer Engineering Precision agriculture Sustainble agriculture |
| title | University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering. |
| title_full | University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering. |
| title_fullStr | University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering. |
| title_full_unstemmed | University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering. |
| title_short | University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering. |
| title_sort | university spin off creation by spanish researchers in agricultural engineering |
| topic | University Spin-off Technology transfer Engineering Precision agriculture Sustainble agriculture |
| url | https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1284 |
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