“The company I keep is not corporate enough”: exploring the specificities of University startups
本文从理论角度比较大学初创企业家与企业初创企业家，发现前者更倾向于机会型创业，但面临从科学家到商人身份转变的困难，且离客户更远。
Abstract If universities produce the best scientific research, should university startups produce the best entrepreneurs? The answer is no, when looking at the empirical evidence, and also (as done here) when considering the matter from a theoretical angle. This paper compares University Startup Entrepreneurs (USEs) with Corporate Startup Entrepreneurs (CSEs) using a variety of theoretical lenses. Our theoretical analysis highlights that USEs are incentivised towards being opportunity entrepreneurs, while CSEs are incentivised towards being lifestyle entrepreneurs. USEs have to overcome a profound transition from a scientific identity to a profit-seeking identity, which puts them at a disadvantage compared to CSEs. USEs are also further from their customers when compared to CSEs (and a fortiori, when compared to user startups), but this disadvantage is not considered to be insurmountable because experimenting with the market and learning from users should not be beyond the reach of diligent USEs.