scholarly journals Selected Problems of an Entrepreneurial University - a Theoretical Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 426-437
Author(s):  
Barbara Czerniachowicz ◽  
Anna Wieczorek-Szymańska
Keyword(s):  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Modern World ◽  
University Management ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The University

AbstractThe aim of the paper is to identify university’s activities and characteristics that enable it to reorient itself towards the idea of an entrepreneurial university. In the modern world, universities have an additional important role, that is, the need to adopt entrepreneurial strategies without disrupting the quality of teaching and research. First of all, the authors discuss the idea of entrepreneurship and focus mainly on academic entrepreneurship. The idea of entrepreneurship is becoming more and more desirable in a modern organization thus also in a university. The new role of the university is to create the entrepreneurial ideas and attitudes among students and all university employees, as well as to initiate entrepreneurial activities in academic institutions. It is also necessary to plan entrepreneurial university architecture. The article focuses on presenting the theoretical foundations of the academic entrepreneurship process to finally make a synthetic comparison of the features of a traditional university and an entrepreneurial university. The main research question of the article is: In which dimensions the idea of an entrepreneurial university can lead to the development of the university?The result of the research is a new combination of attributes and characteristics of an enterprising university and new directions of university’s development. By this paper the authors take part in the discussion about the implementation of the idea of entrepreneurship in contemporary university management.

Increasing university entrepreneurialism: qualitative insights from the technology transfer office

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giustina Secundo ◽  
Christle De Beer ◽  
Felicia M. Fai ◽  
Cornelius S.L. Schutte
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Technology Transfer Office ◽  
University Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University

Purpose Successful promotion of academic entrepreneurship is a determining factor in the pursuit of university entrepreneurialism. This paper aims to illustrate how qualitative data on the performance of the technology transfer office (TTO), based on access to intellectual capital (IC) indicators, can be transformed into a metric to provide insights that assist in strategy development for a university moving towards a more entrepreneurial configuration. Design/methodology/approach The TTO performance metric takes the form of a self-assessment of access to IC indicators, which are determinants of effectiveness. This study involves the use of the metric through the completion of an online survey and follow-up interviews, to collect and analyse the data. Findings The performance of 34 TTOs in continental Europe and the UK are measured, and insights into the success of promoting academic entrepreneurship were gained. The qualitative data are studied in detail to illustrate how the university can strategically leverage IC to enhance academic entrepreneurship. Research limitations/implications This study recommends that the university align the mission statement and organisational structure of the TTO, to enable access to IC. This, in turn, may result in increased academic entrepreneurship activities, which will drive the university towards increased entrepreneurialism. Practical implications The interpretation of the qualitative data relating to the performance of the TTO, and which factors influence it, aids in understanding the performance of the entrepreneurial university and illustrates, which strategic interventions can be made. Originality/value Understanding the link between IC, academic entrepreneurship (as encapsulated in the performance of the TTO) and the characteristics of the entrepreneurial university is particularly useful for university management decisions.

scholarly journals Ecosystem designing for the development of universities in a digital environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 491-505
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Simchenko ◽  
◽  
Maxim L. Berkovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
University Management ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Technological Basis ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
Network Platform ◽  
The University

The digitalization of economic relations determines the particular importance of personnel training on a qualitatively new technological basis, which is inextricably linked with the study of the problem of ecosystem designing for the development of universities in a digital environment. The foundations of the systems theory, the theory of education economics, the methods of system analysis, factor analysis, and economic and mathematical modeling were used for studying the problem of ecosystem development for universities. The conducted studies made it possible to obtain the following main research results: the ecosystem principles for organizing the provision of higher education services, representing the integrity of the university system based on network interactions of a set of various participants, as well as objects, projects, processes, and environments, were proposed. An approach to designing a strategy for the development of universities, based on the scenario forecasting of the receptivity of digital economy competencies by students, teachers, and partners of universities in the medium term, is proposed based on the organigram for the implementation of the project of matrix digital transformation of the adhocratic university hierarchy. The conclusions stating that the design of the ecosystem of the development of universities should be aimed at the implementation of the social mission of the university in the region and the transformation of the ecosystem of the region as a whole are formulated. As prospects for further research, the study of the prerequisites for generating the effects of designing the development of a university ecosystem based on the network platform interaction of the economic agents of the region/territory, as well as the implementation of digital transformation projects of the university management system, is considered.

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.

scholarly journals Academic Entrepreneurship in the Development Strategies of Polish Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Tutko
Keyword(s):  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Property Management ◽  
University Management ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Intellectual Property Management

This article addresses the issue of academic entrepreneurship, broadly understood as: (1) the process of establishing companies, (2) university entrepreneurship, (3) development of educational programs and entrepreneurial attitudes among students and academics, (4) creating institutions and programs that support setting up of companies, (5) intellectual property management and (6) entrepreneurial university management (Banerski et al., 2009). The goal is to examine the presence of academic entrepreneurship in the development strategies of eighteen Polish public universities. This study uses the content analysis method and is a part of strategic research. To answer the research question, the universities’ development strategies were analysed and in particular mission statements, strategic and operational goals, activities/tasks. Based on the research, it can be concluded that university authorities do not perceive academic entrepreneurship as a goal of the utmost importance and only to a small extent see the need to develop this concept by taking it into account in development strategies.

scholarly journals OCENA ZEWNĘTRZNA A SAMOOCENA – ROZBIEŻNOŚCI I PUNKTY STYCZNE

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 29-57
Author(s):  
Krystyna Mihułka
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Research Question ◽  
External Evaluation ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Language Tests ◽  
The University ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

The aim of this article is to discuss two types of evaluation of students’ language skills: external evaluation (objective) and self-assessment (subjective). The article presents the results of the study conducted among students of German Philology at the University of Rzeszów. The language proficiency level of respondents was assessed three times by means of certified language tests and a self-assessment questionnaire developed in accordance with the CEFR guidelines (2001). The data provided the answer to the main research question: whether and to what extent the students’ self-assessment corresponds to their results achieved in the standardized tests.

scholarly journals Development of research on the university entrepreneurship ecosystem: trends and areas of interest of researchers based on a systematic review of literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-133
Author(s):  
Urszula Kobylińska ◽  
Juan J. Lavios
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Main Research ◽  
University Entrepreneurship ◽  
Methodological Foundation ◽  
Holistic Review ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

Research background: The concept of the university entrepreneurship ecosystem is nowadays a part of the current trends in researching the determinants of support for commercialization of research results. The subject is relatively new, because the first papers in this topic are dated to 2009, and in fact it has only been in the last 3 years that the interest of researchers in this subject has increased. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this study is to analyze the state of research on the issue of the university ecosystem of academic entrepreneurship and to identify the main research trends related to this topic. Methods: The article was based on a systematic review of the literature (SLR), which included the selection of basic literature and selection of publications, mayor researchers, bibliometric analysis and content analysis. Findings & Value added: The results of the conducted research indicate that the study of the university ecosystem of academic entrepreneurship is still a new issue, poorly recognized in literature, without a solid methodological foundation and which may constitute a current and interesting research area. Our paper adds to existing research in four important ways. We provide a holistic review of university entrepreneurial ecosystem. We also identify the challenges identified in this area and suggest how they may be developed.  Third, our results are also policy-relevant. For policy-makers, it is important to know whether academic engagement is driven by mechanisms existing in academic ecosystem or affected by factors that may not be activated by it.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATIONS PREPARED BY STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 85-115
Author(s):  
Márta LESZNYÁK ◽  
Dorka BALOGH
Keyword(s):  
Information Transfer ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In

In our paper, we present the results of the second phase of a study conducted in collaboration between two higher education institutions in Hungary with different types of translator training: a postgraduate (MA) course at the University of Szeged (SZTE), Faculty of Arts, and a postgraduate specialist training course at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (PPKE JÁK), Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. At SZTE, students do not have any legal qualifications, while at PPKE JÁK, students are all qualified legal professionals. Our main research question was whether there are significant differences in the quality of legal translations carried out by students with and without legal qualifications. We analyzed and evaluated the global (holistic) quality of the translations using a five-point scale as suggested by Kiraly (1995: 83), and compared types of errors made by the two groups of students with the help of a special error typology. Our results show that students with legal qualifications perform better in terms of both global and analytic indicators, with significantly less errors made in information transfer and in legal register. 

The governance of organizational learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 266-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Lauer ◽  
Uwe Wilkesmann
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Double Loop ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
University Management ◽  
Teaching Excellence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Double Loop Learning ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to link two modes of governance (transactional and transformational) to organizational learning by examining the example of academic teaching. Consequently, the “transformational” strategies of best practices that have been used by German universities to achieve teaching excellence are interpreted as double-loop learning. In delineating two exemplary cases of double-loop learning concerning the university-wide implementation of a new teaching formats as part their institutional strategies to develop teaching excellence, the authors want to answer the following research question: Which kind of governance is required to manage double-loop learning processes? Design/methodology/approach The purposive sample comprised four universities that had won awards for their teaching excellence. In 2014, a total of 21 semi-structured expert interviews were conducted in these universities within the following status groups: members of the rectorate, full professors, and university management professionals. The coding procedure followed a directed content analysis. Findings Both forms of governance are required for the management of double-loop learning. In the case of a top-down instigation of organizational learning, transformational governance is especially required in terms of idealized influence and inspirational motivation. In the case of a more bottom-up trigger of organizational learning, intellectual stimulation becomes more important. Transactional governance is required for the university-wide implementation of new routines (e.g. a mandatory quality management tool, obligatory coaching for newly appointed professors or competitive teaching grants). Originality/value This paper contributes to the empirical research on organizational learning in higher education institutions by adding a governance perspective.

scholarly journals Managers in The Development of Higher Education in The Republic of Kosovo

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Shqiponja Nallbani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Modern World ◽  
University Management ◽  
Combined Approach ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
The University

Higher education in the modern world considered specific instrument that promotes the economic development of any country and therefore considered as factors that stimulates productivity and economic efficiency. Practices prove that not every investment in the higher education sector in economic development automatically convert. Even in Kosovo, despite the investment in the system in this segment which continues to be poor and without any progress in development. It is derived insufficient qualified people if at the same time is not reached to create infrastructure, institutions, legislation and motivation system on the concept of professional career. Harmonization of these segments and create the necessary synergy educated and skilled people that entered the market certainly qualitatively affect economic development. From this angle the modern direction of Universities is one of the elements of success for socioeconomic development. Higher Education system in Kosovo continues to face fundamental problems which continually degrade this segment. Evidenced most notably the inability of internal quality assurance, lack of legislation on the management of the university profile and lack of human resources for this feature. To prove this we analyzed a series of theories about the ways and models of successful management. These have compared the empirical data that emerged from the statistical survey. Indubitably it emerged that the current role of managers in universities is not compatible with social needs and expectations of university employees. Based on these data we have learned that the opinion and expectations of academics is that the direction of the university depends on a combined approach rector menxheriale-academic executive elements respectively. Further, by reliable research has proven that a successful rector except combined approach academic and managerial anyway should also be equipped with additional knowledge in order to be on the needs of social cohesion. Keywords: higher education, university, management, direction, rector, performance

scholarly journals The Role of Universities in the Development of Entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonous Jami ◽  
Ismail Gökdeniz
Keyword(s):  
Social Institutions ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Entrepreneurial Universities ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Regional System ◽  
Internal Change ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

In the current international competitive environment, the production of innovation is more complicated than companies, individually or as a group, or researchers who work individually or collectively can handle alone. In other words, the production of innovation requires a system of national support and pragmatism delivered in such a way that in addition to firms, other social institutions, such as higher education institutions, play a fundamental role. In response to these new expectations, these institutions have pushed to introduce internal change and evolution of interaction with the socio-economic environment, resulting in the emergence of a new generation of entrepreneurial universities. As knowledge is increasingly becoming an important component of innovation, universities, as producers of knowledge and its publication, play a wider role. The emergence of the entrepreneurial university is, in fact, a response to the growing importance of knowledge in a national and regional system of innovation and for the university, as an institution that is the source of its transfer and technology, it is economically advantageous. In the last two decades, governments around the world have seen the potential of universities to behave in an innovative way to promote the national interest, despite differences in academic and industrial systems. This paper examines the factors influencing an approach to the entrepreneurial university, its definition and concept, and investigates examples of entrepreneurial activities.

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