Plan Elements
Goals
- Short-term: Complete feasibility/viability study of offering this type of degree
- Medium-term: To institutionalize the “process” of commercializing technology
- Long-term: To institutionalize the “process” of commercializing technology
Organizational Home/Plan Champions
- Home: UF Business School
- Champions: UF
Resource Requirements
- Leadership: Top ranked business school
- Infrastructure: Minimal, assuming existing facilities can be used
- Capital: A funding strategy to launch and sustain the program(s)
Assessment Criteria
Metrics
- X number of new company start-ups from university spinouts, corporate spinouts, entrepreneurial foundin
- Increase in the qualified senior management talent pool
- X increase in the region’s educational attainment
- Increase in Business School’s national ranking and reputation
Investment Requirement: Medium (no new infrastructure, but need expertise to establish corriculum)
Impacts: High (transformative potential for promoting entrepreneurship at UF)
Readiness: Medium to High (Business school not yet recognized nationally but strong commercialization entities like OTL and incubators)
Implementation Timeline: Near-term; potential for feasibility study as sub-element to move in immediate-term
