Research spin-off
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A research spin-off is a company that falls into at least one of the four following categories:{{Cite journal|journal=STI Review|issue=26|title=Generating Spin-offs:Evidence from Across the OECD|author=Benedicte Callan|volume=2000|publisher=OECD Publishing|date=2001|page=18|isbn=92-64-17580-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zHBJhnHowJMC&pg=PP1}}
- Companies that have an Equity investment from a national library or university
- Companies that license technology from a public research institute or university
- Companies that consider a university or public sector employee to have been a founder
- 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.{{Cite book|title=Fostering Public-Private Partnership for Innovation in Russia|publisher=OECD Publishing|date=2005|page=50|isbn=92-64-00965-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEQF29GmxvYC&pg=PP1}} QinetiQ is an example of a research spin-off in the United Kingdom.{{Cite journal|title=Block that email!|journal=InfoWorld|date=14 May 2001|volume=23|issue=20|author=PJ Connolly|page=100|issn=0199-6649|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1}}
See also
- Government spin-off, civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research
- NASA spin-off, a spin-off of technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance
- University spin-off, a company founded on the findings of a member or by members of a research group at a university