TY - JOUR T1 - Promoting Entrepreneurial Commitment: The Benefits of Interdisciplinarity JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2017 A1 - Franziska Brodack A1 - Anna Sinell KW - academic spin-offs KW - entrepreneurial commitment KW - interdisciplinarity KW - team composition KW - teamwork KW - technology transfer AB - This article is the first to examine the relationship between interdisciplinarity and entrepreneurial commitment in academic spin-offs. Building on literature on interdisciplinarity, academic entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial intention, we analyzed the development of nine interdisciplinary spin-off teams comprising expertise from science, industry, and design. Our findings suggest that interdisciplinary teams engage with their ideas, maintain productive interaction, and successfully implement these ideas. Subjects in this study thoroughly developed their project proposals and implementation strategies by examining them from multiple angles. They believed not only in the value of these projects, but in their own ability to see them through. They found one another’s contributions highly inspirational and experienced a strong sense of responsibility and motivation. Communication within the teams was well managed, and tasks were clearly defined and distributed. Based on our findings, we put forward a number of propositions about the positive effects of interdisciplinarity on entrepreneurial commitment and conclude with implications for future research and practice. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 7 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1123 IS - 12 U1 - Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation Franziska Brodack is Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation in Berlin, Germany. Her current projects focus on academic spin-off creation and the utilization of inter- and transdisciplinary teams for technology and knowledge transfer. Franziska holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany. U2 - Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation Anna Sinell is a PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and a Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation. Her research focus is the transfer of knowledge and technology between different actors in innovation ecosystems. She is currently finishing her PhD thesis on strategies to foster academic entrepreneurship at research institutions. ER -