Abstract
In the past, the promotion of university spin-off companies and university–industry links has been extremely weak in Italian universities. However, while previously certain factors and constraints rendered the involvement of university professors and researchers in private companies almost impossible, with the passage of time there has been a slow build-up of such links. This increase has been in part due to new government policies. This paper examines these new policies, in the context of financial support and initiatives for companies which are leading to a breaking down of the barriers between university and industry and a relaxing of the regulations under which a researcher can found a spin-off company.
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