A spin-offs journey into achieving marketable products from bacterial cellulose

[Excerpt] Academic spin-offs, technological ventures born inside Universities, have increasingly strengthen the connections between the scholarship and the economy, by fostering the role of technology transfer and knowledge commercialization. This presentation will outline the major steps in taking an idea or a technology to market, growing the venture and aiming at securing a successful exit. Also, it will present BCTechnologies (Bacterial Cellulose Technologies), a spin-off from the University of Minho (Portugal). (...)

O perfil e as motivações do visitante gastronómico e do enoturista de Guimarães

Dissertação de mestrado em Geografia (área de especialização em Planeamento e Gestão do Território)