4,283 research outputs found
Testimonio de Federico Storani a 40 años del asesinato de Sergio Karakachoff : La brutalidad de la última dictadura sobre el abogado y militante platense
No full textEn su programa, Derecho de autor el periodista Damián Toschi entrevista al dirigente de la Unión Cívica Radical y docente de la UNLP, Federico Storani sobre el asesinato del abogado laboralista y militante estudiantil y de los derechos humanos Sergio Karakachoff, perpetrado en La Plata el 10 de septiembre de 1976.
Storani se refiere al momento de los hechos, el clima de represión que se vivía entre la militancia radical, y a la figura de Karakachoff, sus ideas y su accionar.Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plat
Assessing the impact of public venture capital programmes in the United Kingdom: Do regional characteristics matter?
No full textThis article analyses whether and how the impact of publicly backed venture capital (VC) funds varies across regions, depending on their level of innovation intensity and in comparison with private VC funds. Building on agency and human capital theories, the authors distinguish public VC funds into regional and governmental types, to assess potential differences in the performance of their portfolio companies. The analyses rely on a sample of 628 VC-backed companies in the United Kingdom during 1998–2007, and they con!rm that regional characteristics matter for rigorous assessments of the effectiveness of public VC programmes
Do patents affect VC financing? Empirical evidence from the nanotechnology sector
Full text linkThis paper analyzes the importance given by Venture Capital firms (VCs) to the patent portfolios of start-up companies in their financing decisions. In particular, the contributions presented are twofold. First, we determine whether the amount of VC financing is associated with three elements related to technological portfolios: number of patent, patent scope and number of "core technology" patents (i.e., those patents related to core technological capabilities of the company). Second, we examine whether the relevance of patents for the financing decisions varies across different types of VC firms, depending on their industry specialization and affiliation. We provide empirical evidence from a sample of 332 VC-backed companies in the nanotechnology sector for the period 1985-2006. Our results confirm the importance of core technology patents in the VC investment decisions, especially for specialized VCs, when compared with generalist VCs. However, no differences are found between corporate and independent VCs
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION MANAGEMENT Conference Paper Abstracts
No full textThe article addresses the question of how the patent portfolios of startup companies are evaluated by venture capital firms (VCs). Evidence indicates that VCs often do assess these values accurately. Studies are cited which demonstrate that VC financing and valuation correlate with patent rates and protection. The question of whether the industry affiliations of VCs affect their valuations is addressed. Whether the amount of financing obtained by startups depends on the number of their patents which involve core technological specialties is also discussed. Such issues are examined using examples drawn from the field of nanotechnology
Running ahead in the nanotechnology gold rush. Strategic patenting in emerging technologies
No full textThis paper provides theoretical and empirical contributions on how patent scope varies over time and by type of applicants in the initial phases of an emerging technology. We refer to the literature on technology life-cycles and on appropriability regimes in order to study the evolution of patent scope - as measured by the number of claims - in the specific case of nanotechnology. Our regression analyses, based on a sample of 58,244 nanotech US patents, show that - once time, sector and firm effects are controlled for - patent scope decreases over the subsequent phases of the technology life-cycle. Moreover, we find that university nanotech patents tend to be characterized by a broader scope than other patents. We conclude by discussing the managerial and policy implications of our empirical results
Entrevista a Federico Jeanmaire sobre sus novelas <i>Montevideo</i> y <i>Países bajos</i>
No full textEn el programa Todos los Climas, los periodistas Virginia Vénere, Cintia Rodil y Mario Arteca entrevistan al escritor argentino Federico Jeanmaire sobre sus novelas Montevideo (1997) y Países bajos (2004). El autor se refiere al personaje central de Montevideo, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, como personaje histórico, en su vida personal y su proyección. También describe Países bajos como una historia de amor y de migración.
Federico Jeanmaire: nació en Baradero, provincia de Buenos Aires, el 30 de julio de 1957. Es escritor, con una veintena de títulos publicados.Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plat
Entrevista a Federico Jeanmaire sobre sus novelas <i>Montevideo</i> y <i>Países bajos</i>
No full textEn el programa Todos los Climas, los periodistas Virginia Vénere, Cintia Rodil y Mario Arteca entrevistan al escritor argentino Federico Jeanmaire sobre sus novelas Montevideo (1997) y Países bajos (2004). El autor se refiere al personaje central de Montevideo, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, como personaje histórico, en su vida personal y su proyección. También describe Países bajos como una historia de amor y de migración.
Federico Jeanmaire: nació en Baradero, provincia de Buenos Aires, el 30 de julio de 1957. Es escritor, con una veintena de títulos publicados.Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plat
Modeling Routing Choices in Unidirectional Pedestrian Flows
Full text linkIn this work we present a simple routing model capable of capturing pedestrians path choices in the presence of a herding effect. The model is tested and validated against data from a large scale tracking campaign which we have conducted during the GLOW 2019 festival. The choice between alternative paths is modeled as an individual cost minimization procedure, with the cost function being associated to the (estimated) traveling time. In order to trigger herding effects the cost function is supplemented with a penalty term, modulated as a function of the fraction of pedestrians walking along each route. The model is shown to provide an accurate quantitative description of the decision process
The university as a venture capitalist? Gap funding instruments for technology transfer
Full text linkThe limited availability of private funding sources to support technology transfer activities represents a major barrier to the effective commercialization of university technologies. This article analyzes the key determinants of the activation of financial instruments by universities-such as seed funds and proof-of-concept programs-to address such funding gaps. Using data from a survey of technology transfer office managers in European universities, we detail the antecedents of the presence of such instruments at the university level and their perceived effectiveness. The findings, in turn, have notable policy implications
From the lab to the stock market? The characteristics and impact of university-oriented seed funds in Europe
Full text linkThis work investigates the role of university and PRO-oriented seed funds (USFs)— VC funds with an explicit mission to make investments in academic spin-offs and support technology transfer—as instruments for addressing funding gaps and facilitating the commer- cialization of academic technologies. We first offer an overview of USFs in Europe, highlighting their heterogeneity and principal characteristics. Second, we exploit a unique data set of 1,497 start-ups (including 733 USF-backed start-ups and another 764 start-ups backed by other VC funds) to analyze how USF-backed companies perform in terms of exit rates, staging, and syndication levels when compared with non-USF-backed companies. Empirical evidence sug- gests that USF-backed companies perform better in staging and syndication but worse in exit rates. Moreover, our analyses show that, within the group of USF-backed companies, the ones that can attract more follow-on funding and investors are those financed by USFs that are internally managed by a universities/PROs and are linked to universities with high scientific rankings
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