University Research and the Optics Industry

Farahi, Faramarz

doi:10.1117/3.786604.ch25

Book: Engineering a High-Tech Business: Entrepreneurial Experiences and Insights

Editor(s): José Miguel López-Higuera; Brian Culshaw

Author(s): Faramarz Farahi

Published: 2008

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.786604.ch25

Abstract

The structure and management of the interaction between the academic community and the high-technology entrepreneur will continue to become increasingly important and will substantially enrich the societies and communities within which it is successfully implemented. The research universities have played a large role through their students and faculty in establishing start-up companies. In this chapter, an analysis is presented of the key factors for optimizing the transference results by means of the creation of new photonic companies.