Title
Innovation management of a high-technology academic Start up: The case of DInESto
Abstract
An academic spin-off is a new company born by the idea of merging the competences of different academic or institutional research groups. The main goal of a spin-off is to transfer and commercialize technological innovations. This article describes a high-technology Italian innovative spin-off named DInESto, (Drive the Innovation in Energy Storage); the core business of this company is in the field of electrochemical energy storage systems and in particular in the production of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) as cathode material in lithium ions batteries. The development of an efficient energy storage system is very crucial both for its use in renewable energy production systems and in the automotive sector. One of the limitations of the extensive employment of these batteries concerns the cathode materials. The activities of the spin-off are described as case study including discussion of issues and innovations related to management aspects, risk taking and related consequences. Moreover a summary of the new Italian legislative framework for Start-ups is given and a new tool to improve self awareness of future entrepreneurs named PES, Promoting Entrepreneurship Skilful, is described.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864868
ISIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
commerce,energy storage,innovation management,legislation,organisational aspects,power apparatus,secondary cells,dinesto,italian legislative framework,pes,automotive sector,cathode material,drive the innovation in energy storage,electrochemical energy storage systems,future entrepreneurs,high-technology italian innovative spin-off,high-technology academic start up,institutional research groups,lithium ions batteries,lithium iron phosphate,promoting entrepreneurship skilful,renewable energy production systems,self awareness,academic spin off,lithium ion batteries,risk taking,materials,cathodes
Energy storage,Competence (human resources),Entrepreneurship,Core business,Engineering management,Efficient energy use,Mechanical engineering,Control engineering,Innovation management,Engineering,Institutional research,Automotive industry
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2163-5137
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
gianluca fabbri112.51
gabriele tarquini200.34
luca pasquali311.83
Mascioli, F.M.F.4376.69
m antonucci500.34