Anatomy of the entrepreneurial university

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 486-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Etzkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Firm Formation ◽  
Academic Involvement ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The University

This article analyzes the evolution of the entrepreneurial university from a narrow focus on capturing the commercializable results of the ‘meandering stream of basic research’ to a broader interest in firm formation and regional economic development. No longer limited to schools like MIT, specialized for that purpose, entrepreneurial aspirations have spread to the academic mainstream. Academic involvement in (1) technology transfer, (2) firm formation and (3) regional development signifies the transition from a research to an entrepreneurial university as the academic ideal. As universities become entrepreneurial, tension arises between this new role and that of teaching and research as it has between research and teaching. Nevertheless, the university coheres as each of these new missions has fed back into and enhanced previous tasks.

Towards Good Governance of an Entrepreneurial University

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yao ◽  
Mosi Weng ◽  
Tiange Ye
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Research University ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Academic Production ◽  
The University

Based on Burton Clark's five pathways of university entrepreneurial transformation, this chapter aims to demonstrate Zhejiang University's vivid transformation from a research university into an entrepreneurial university. This chapter will consider ZJU's most representative organizational reforms including personnel system, academic governance system, and technology transfer system reforms and further illustrate the logic behind these reforms. First, it will assess the integration of entrepreneurial abilities with academic research abilities, focusing on how to stimulate academic productivity and how to connect academic production and technology transfer. Second, it will look at the integration of basic research and application research, and how the research loop is made possible. Last, the integration of research and talent cultivation will be assessed, translating “research advantage” into “teaching advantage.” It is essential that the university possesses “good governance” to promote entrepreneurial transformation which makes the most of organizational and institutional reforms.

The European Entrepreneurial University

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 325-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Etzkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Research Mission ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The University

The European entrepreneurial university is based on the teaching mission of the university, whereas US academic entrepreneurship is typically an extension of the research mission. Recognizing that the European professoriate has traditionally been more removed from entrepreneurship than its US counterpart, some European universities have organized programmes to train students to develop start-up firms. Nevertheless, given similar goals of encouraging science-based regional development, and increasing the returns to the university from its research and other activities, it can be expected that European and US universities will adopt each other's entrepreneurial formats in coming years.

Revisiting Functions and Roles of the Entrepreneurial University in Social and Economic Systems in the Regional Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Irina A. Pavlova
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Draw Conclusion ◽  
The University

Today, institutions are the primary factor shaping national and regional environments. Being a very conservative institution, the university undergoes tremendous transformational changes stepping in the domain of the third university mission. The rise and development of the entrepreneurial university as an institution manifests an ongoing process, the dynamics of which can be confirmed by quantitative and qualitative indicators relevant for social and economic development of the regions and territories. The chapter focuses on the functional institutional approach in assessing an entrepreneurial university as an important institution in the regional socio-economic system, including the innovation system as its part. Basing on empirical data, the functional analysis empowers to draw conclusion on certain characteristics of entrepreneurial universities to overcome the limitations embedded in the national settings.

Innovation Systems, Regional Development, and the Role of Universities in Industrial Innovation

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans G. Schuetze
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
Industrial Innovation ◽  
Regional System ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry ◽  
As If

Research on technology transfer, industrial liaison, cooperative research and other forms of cooperation between universities and industry tend to concentrate on the links between universities and firms as if they were the only players in the game. Thus typically, academic and policy literature describes the process of such collaboration, the organizational, legal, administrative arrangements and settings, the factors that enhance, or conversely, impede cooperation, and the outcomes, projected and real, that are attributed to the university—industry cooperation. This article, starting from a different premise, looks into university—industry liaison from the perspective of a regional system of innovation, identifying various institutions in such a system, and their communication and interaction. It is in this framework that the role of universities and the process of technology transfer is analysed.

Report on the Conference on Asian Economic History

1960 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-440
Author(s):  
Morris David Morris
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Research Center ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The University

A meeting of scholars to consider problems of teaching and research in Asian economic history was held in Highland Park, Illinois, October 30–31, 1959. It was organized under the auspices of The Research Center in Economic Development and Cultural Change of the University of Chicago, and funds were provided by the Division of Social Sciences of The Rockefeller Foundation. Professor Bert F. Hoselitz chaired the sessions.

Conference Report

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-322
Author(s):  
Gareth Potts
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
Action Knowledge ◽  
Development Unit ◽  
Enterprise Training ◽  
Knowledge And Technology Transfer ◽  
The University ◽  
North London

‘University—Enterprise Partnerships in Action: Knowledge and Technology Transfer — Economic and Social Development’, organized by CAPITTAL (COMMETT University—Enterprise Training Partnership for London, based at the University of North London Economic Development Unit and Innovation Centre), London, 22–23 June 1995

African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin

1965 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-430
Author(s):  
M. Crawford Young
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Members ◽  
African Studies ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
University Departments ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The University

The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin was established in September 1961, thus formalising the co-operation which had been developing over several years between faculty members in various disciplines and departments with research and teaching interests in Africa. The Program provides a centre for the co-ordination of such teaching and research. A certificate in African studies may be obtained in association with an M.A. degree in one of the university departments; at the Ph.D. level, African studies may be offered as a minor field.

Economic Development Is No Longer Optional

2018 ◽  
pp. 98-108
Author(s):  
Holden Thorp ◽  
Buck Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
The Core ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Public Expectation ◽  
Commercial World ◽  
Core Mission ◽  
The University

The prosperity of regional economies is inescapably linked to the health of their colleges and universities. Economic development has evolved from a by-product of higher education to a public expectation. Schools both big and small have emerged as crucial economic engines often taking the place of Fortune 500 corporations as a major generator of jobs and tax revenue. Economic impact can be maximized by developing a clear strategy, streamlining technology transfer, effectively managing conflicts of interest and developing mechanisms for bridging the chasm between the academy and the commercial world. It is critical that economic development be encouraged in service of the core mission of the university: research and teaching.

The Promise of New Blood

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
Zachary Michael Jack
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
City Managers ◽  
Chamber Of Commerce ◽  
State Senator ◽  
The University

This chapter examines State Senator Bill Weber's address at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center (SWROC) outside Lamberton, Minnesota. The regional development-vested folks — mayors, city managers, extension agents, educators, tourist board representatives, and chamber-of-commerce types — are all focused on a single Herculean challenge: how to bring economic development to the hinterlands. Weber brings a business lens to the conundrum of youth out-migration in southwest Minnesota and eastern South Dakota, and he is predisposed to see the problem as originating in economic opportunity. As an example he points to two long-lived businesses founded in his hometown of Luverne: Luverne Fire Apparatus and Luverne Trucking Equipment. Though they retain Luverne in their titles, both relocated across the border to Brandon, South Dakota, a suburb of Sioux Falls, decades ago, taking several hundred jobs with them.

scholarly journals The Entrepreneurial University: How to Develop the Entrepreneurial Orientation of Academia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosangela Feola ◽  
Roberto Parente ◽  
Valentina Cucino
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Triple Helix ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
University Education ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
External Context ◽  
The University

Abstract In the last years, universities have assumed a prominent role in the science and technology-based economic development. The concept of entrepreneurial university, a key concept in the triple helix model developed by Etzkowitz, identifies the evolution of the university role with the addition to the traditional missions of university (education and research) of a third mission that is to contribute to the economic development through the transfer of research results from the laboratory to the economic system. The objective of the research is to analyze how universities are implementing this new mission and investigate factors affecting their entrepreneurial orientation. More specifically, our paper aims to investigate the existence of a relationship among the entrepreneurial orientation of university and some factors representing the internal and external context in which the university is involved.

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