Research Group
Research Group
Research Group
DINÂMIA'CET-IUL
Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies
Integrated Researcher

Oscarina Conceição
research interests
Innovation and technological change processes and their impact on firms and markets’ performance. Knowledge production and transfer in public research organisations.
Short Bio
PhD in Economics – University of Minho. Professor at Politécnico do Cávado e Ave IPCA) since 2009. Assistent at University of Minho between 2004-2010.
research project at dinâmia'cet-Iscte
Main publications
Conceição, O., Faria A. and Fontes, M. (2016). Regional variation of academic spinoffs formation. The Journal of Technology Transfer, doi: 10.1007/s10961-016-9508-1
Conceição, O., Fontes, M. and Calapez, T. (2012). The commercialisation decisions of research-based spin-off: targeting the market for technologies, Technovation 32, 43–56.
Conceição, O., Sousa, C. and Fontes M. (2015). ”Research-based spin-offs as agents of knowledge dissemination: evidence from the analysis of innovation networks”, Working Paper, 2015/17, Lisboa: DINAMIA CET – ISCTE IUL.
Conceição, O., Faria, A.P. and Fontes, M. (2014) “Entry by research-based spin-offs: the determinants of regional variation”, in I. Bernhard (Ed.) “Geography and Innovation. The Frequency, Nature and Consequences of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Regions de Varying Density”, Trollhättan: University West, p. 205-224. ISBN 978-91-87531-02-6.
Fontes, M., Conceição, O. and Calapez, T. (2009). “Research based spin-offs targeting the market for technologies: a conceptual model”. Working Paper 2009/78,Lisboa: DINAMIA-CET, ISCTE-IUL.
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