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Einar Rasmussen

Einar Rasmussen

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
32
Citations
7559
World Ranking
2586
National Ranking
23

Overview

Einar Rasmussen is affiliated with Nord University in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and Education.

Their research work emphasizes core topics such as Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Higher Education and Employability, Innovation Policy and R&D, Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Rasmussen are:

  • Innovative start-ups and policy initiatives (2020), published in Research Policy
  • Technology transfer offices as providers of science and technology entrepreneurship education (2020), published in The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • Becoming an academic entrepreneur: how scientists develop an entrepreneurial identity (2021), published in Small Business Economics
  • Spin-offs' linkages to their parent universities over time: The performance implications of equity, geographical proximity, and technological ties (2020), published in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
  • Commercializing circular economy innovations: A taxonomy of academic spin-offs (2022), published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Rasmussen has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Small Business Economics
  • The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • Research Policy

Frequent collaborators include Riccardo Fini, Marianne Steinmo, Thomas Lauvås, Raj K. Shankar, and Siri Jakobsen.

In addition to articles, Rasmussen has contributed to book publications, notably the "Research Handbook of Innovation in the Circular Bioeconomy," published by Edward Elgar Publishing and scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

  • Action-based entrepreneurship education

    Einar A. Rasmussen;Roger Sørheim

  • The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Competencies: A Longitudinal Study of University Spin‐Off Venture Emergence

    Einar Rasmussen;Simon Mosey;Mike Wright

  • Initiatives to promote commercialization of university knowledge

    Einar Rasmussen;Øystein Moen;Magnus Gulbrandsen

  • University capabilities in facilitating entrepreneurship: A longitudinal study of spin-off ventures at mid-range universities

    Einar Rasmussen;Odd Jarl Borch

  • The Influence of University Departments on the Evolution of Entrepreneurial Competencies in Spin-off Ventures

    Einar Rasmussen;Simon Mosey;Mike Wright;Mike Wright

  • How intermediary organizations facilitate university???industry technology transfer: A proximity approach

    Elisa Villani;Einar Rasmussen;Rosa Grimaldi

  • Government instruments to support the commercialization of university research: Lessons from Canada

    Einar Rasmussen

  • How can universities facilitate academic spin-offs? An entrepreneurial competency perspective

    Einar Rasmussen;Mike Wright;Mike Wright

  • Institutional determinants of university spin-off quantity and quality: a longitudinal, multilevel, cross-country study

    Riccardo Fini;Kun Fu;Marius Tuft Mathisen;Einar Rasmussen

  • Innovative start-ups and policy initiatives

    David Audretsch;David Audretsch;Alessandra Colombelli;Luca Grilli;Tommaso Minola

  • Understanding academic entrepreneurship: Exploring the emergence of university spin-off ventures using process theories

    Einar Rasmussen

  • Rethinking the Commercialization of Public Science: From Entrepreneurial Outcomes to Societal Impacts

    Riccardo Fini;Einar Rasmussen;Donald Siegel;Johan Wiklund

  • The interplay of cognitive and relational social capital dimensions in university-industry collaboration: Overcoming the experience barrier

    Marianne Terese Steinmo;Einar Rasmussen

  • The development, growth, and performance of university spin-offs: a critical review

    Marius Tuft Mathisen;Einar Rasmussen

  • How firms collaborate with public research organizations : The evolution of proximity dimensions in successful innovation projects

    Marianne Terese Steinmo;Einar Rasmussen

  • The transformation of network ties to develop entrepreneurial competencies for university spin-offs

    Einar Rasmussen;Simon Mosey;Mike Wright

  • Beyond formal university technology transfer: innovative pathways for knowledge exchange

    Christopher S. Hayter;Einar Rasmussen;Jacob H. Rooksby

  • How governments seek to bridge the financing gap for university spin-offs: proof-of-concept, pre-seed, and seed funding

    Einar Rasmussen;Roger Sørheim

  • PhD Students in the Entrepreneurial University - Perceived Support for Academic Entrepreneurship

    Dzamila Bienkowska;Magnus Klofsten;Einar Rasmussen

  • Determinants of the university technology transfer policy-mix: a cross-national analysis of gap-funding instruments

    Federico Munari;Einar Rasmussen;Laura Toschi;Elisa Villani

  • Parallel business models and the innovativeness of research-based spin-off ventures

    Tommy H. Clausen;Einar Rasmussen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London
Johan Wiklund
Johan Wiklund Syracuse University
Paul Stephen Benneworth
Paul Stephen Benneworth University of Bergen
Magnus Klofsten
Magnus Klofsten Linköping University
David B. Audretsch
David B. Audretsch Indiana University
Donald S. Siegel
Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University
Francesco Quatraro
Francesco Quatraro University of Turin
Paolo Ciancarini
Paolo Ciancarini University of Bologna
Marcello M. Mariani
Marcello M. Mariani University of Bologna
Luca Grilli
Luca Grilli Polytechnic University of Milan

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