Institute for Excellence in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship

The Institute for Excellence in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship is an ongoing research initiative established between the University of South Florida's Center for Entrepreneurship and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 1999.  The Institute maintains an active research program which explores the underlying success factors which drive the creation, growth and failures of businesses and technologies in the Life Sciences Industry.  Additional lines of research currently explore the influences of individual company geographic location, financial parameters, intellectual property, FDA and regulatory compliance, and press coverage on stock performance of over 1,000 publicly traded life sciences companies.  The Institute operates a large data warehouse tracking approximately 1,000 publicly traded companies with comprehensive information maintained on Life Sciences companies since 1973.

The goal of the Institute for Excellence is to promote scholarly research, which will lead to a more comprehensive understanding of the key factors which influence the success and failure of Life Sciences businesses.  In particular, the Institute for Excellence explores the process of Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences including:

  • The identification and recognition of new technologies

  • Enhancing technology transfer from the University to the private sector

  • Product commercialization by Life Sciences businesses

  • Regulatory approval of  life science products & services 

  • Market introduction and life cycle dynamics of  Life Sciences products and services 

  • Understanding the strategies for corporate growth of Life Sciences business 

  • Dynamics of capital formation and utilization in Life Sciences businesses.

The Institute for Excellence offers research opportunities for highly qualified undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students as well as opportunities academic collaborations with faculty investigators interested in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship. 

Contacts

Dr. Michael W. Fountain
 Steve Budd 
 Dr. Bill Marshall


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