Ho, MWilson, MG2011-12-032011-12-032011-12-032011-12-0320072007Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, vol.2007, pp.1 - 62151-6561https://hdl.handle.net/10292/2993The article discusses the commercialization of the scientific and technological knowledge that originates at universities. While this commercialization has been credited as fostering economic growth, innovation, and wealth creation, the processes by which academic entrepreneurs build organizations to create this wealth has been unexplored. The authors use a multiple-case study design on three human pharmaceutical biotechnology spinoffs to determine the ways in which university spinoffs become successful.Copyright © 2007 Academy of Management. All rights reserved. Authors retain the right to make and distribute copies of all or part of the paper for the Author(s) own use in teaching, research or for internal distribution within the institution/company that employs the Author(s) provided that such copies are not resold; the right to use and publish, after release of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, all or part of the material from the paper in any original or derivative work. As of December, 2005, many publishers, including AOM, do not consider Proceedings articles to be pre-published.Journal ArticleOpenAccess10.5465/AMBPP.2007.26523101