Research spin-off

A research spin-off is a company that falls into at least one of the four following categories:<ref>Benedicte Callan (2001). "Generating Spin-offs:Evidence from Across the OECD". STI Review. OECD Publishing. 2000 (26): 18. ISBN 92-64-17580-6.</ref>

1. Companies that have an Equity investment from a national library or university
2. Companies that license technology from a public research institute or university
3. Companies that consider a university or public sector employee to have been a founder
4. 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.<ref>Fostering Public-Private Partnership for Innovation in Russia. OECD Publishing. 2005. p. 50. ISBN 92-64-00965-5.</ref> QinetiQ is an example of a research spin-off in the United Kingdom.<ref>PJ Connolly (14 May 2001). "Block that email!". InfoWorld. 23 (20): 100. ISSN 0199-6649.</ref>

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