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.

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.

Entrepreneurial university: towards a better understanding of past trends and future directions

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 316-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Mascarenhas ◽  
Carla Susana Marques ◽  
Anderson Rei Galvão ◽  
Gina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Scientific Practices ◽  
Entrepreneurial Universities ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Isi Web Of Science ◽  
The University

Purpose This study aims to explore and analyse the literature, related to the Entrepreneurial University, published in the ISI Web of Science, from 1900 to present. The objectives of this paper are, first, to describe how this field of research is organised in terms of publications, authors and sources (i.e. documents), and, second, to identify the main references cited and ways in which they are grouped (i.e. clusters). In addition, this paper discusses how this literature presents challenges. Namely, from this bibliometric study, what has already been studied and the limits of these studies, as well as the research opportunities for this area, can be understood. Design/methodology/approach The documents obtained from a search of the ISI Web of Science were subjected to a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer software. Findings A systematic literature review showed that universities are increasingly dedicated to the commercialisation of knowledge. The results include three clusters: Cluster one – “Entrepreneurial Universities” focuses on changes in the university paradigm; Cluster two – “Academic Entrepreneurship” refers to the commercialisation of knowledge; and Cluster three – “Creation of Technology-Based Companies” focuses on spin-off creation. Originality/value By studying the citation profile of documents on the entrepreneurial university, this study has contributed to a better understanding of the flow of production and scientific practices since the beginning of the 21st century. This study also examined research tendencies to identify the emergent areas of this field.

scholarly journals University Impact on Regional Development in the Context of Smart Specialisation

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yevheniia Polishchuk ◽  
Anna Kornyliuk ◽  
Alla Ivashchenko ◽  
Yuriy Danko ◽  
Oleh Pasko
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Regional development on the basis of smart specialisation entails the involvement of stakeholders in innovation processes such as business, public organisations, local government and academic sectors. Universities are the drivers of a region’s development because they have a broad research base. Using the methodology of the Joint Research Centre (European Commission), the impact of Sumy National Agrarian University on the development of the Sumy Region was assessed by such criteria as its cooperation with stakeholders, innovative infrastructure of the university, development of academic entrepreneurship, and its role in developing the region. The method of collecting qualitative data involved conducting structured interviews with the university administration and relevant departments. The collected data were analysed by content analysis. As a result of testing the methodology, its high level of applicability was noted in the Ukrainian academic space, outside the EU. It is recommended to use the method of assessing the impact of the university on the development of the region during the entrepreneurial discovery process, which follows the definition of priorities for the development of the region in the context of smart specialisation. The recommendations were given on the revival of cooperation with stakeholders, possible ways of developing academic entrepreneurship and building innovation infrastructure. The results of the research presented in this article may be used in university promotion within the region and the country as well in the context of smart specialisation. Policy makers may use the research results in order to provide regional innovation policy.

Challenges Of Transition Towards Entrepreneurial University

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 521-524
Author(s):  
Marian Zajko ◽  
Kerstin Pezoldt
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Science Study ◽  
European Universities ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
The University

AbstractThere are several key external challenges to be mastered in the transition from the traditional university towards entrepreneurial university which are transformed into internal challenges. Unlike the business schools the management structures and environment of an university of technology may be often very cautious about implementation of the entrepreneurial elements in the technology and science study and research programmes. Often they have to be confronted by the requirements of students and businesses for more entrepreneurship education and skills in the university graduate profiles to accept this. This paper examines fundamental challenges of implementation of the concept of entrepreneurial university in two European universities of technology with direct central public funding which gradually covers less and less its future development needs. The current status of transformation towards an entrepreneurial university at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava compared to the University of Technology Ilmenau is described, analyzed and the next steps put forward.

Imitation and entrepreneurial learning: Insights from academic spin-offs

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Baroncelli ◽  
Matteo Landoni
Keyword(s):  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Positive Performance ◽  
Parent University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Phases ◽  
The University ◽  
Start Ups

The subject of this article is the inheritance of the parent university of academic spin-offs through imitation and entrepreneurial learning. Building on a capability perspective, the article adds to the literature on university spin-offs and presents insights into the academic spin-off phenomenon that may be useful in supporting academic entrepreneurship. The study is based on four universities, all located in the metropolitan area of Milan. The authors followed the start-up processes of 74 spin-off ventures over the period 2004–2013, obtaining economic data for 61 of the ventures. The analysis we carried out shows that parent universities influence the industry distribution of spin-offs, since most spin-offs showing a positive performance were concentrated in industries that (1) could benefit from the most advanced research of the parent university and (2) were those in which previous start-ups had also tended to concentrate. Thus, a focus on the parent (university)–progeny (spin-off) dyad as the unit of analysis reveals that the specific capabilities available and previous spin-off experience developed in the university play an important role in facilitating spin-off ventures and influencing new firms’ behaviour in their start-up and development phases.

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 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.

Factors fostering students’ spin-off firm formation

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 814-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leire Markuerkiaga ◽  
Rosa Caiazza ◽  
Juan Ignacio Igartua ◽  
Nekane Errasti
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Firm Formation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Southern Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
Geographical Locations

Purpose – The university is an institution with a long history and, over the course of the centuries, it has gone through several stages in its development. While initially conceived as an institution with a teaching “mission,” the university later adopted a knowledge generation function (research). In recent years, the idea has emerged that the university is assuming a “third mission”: contributing to society and economic development more directly; turning the university into an Entrepreneurial University. What, however, constitutes this Entrepreneurial University? Are all Entrepreneurial Universities composed of the same factors? The purpose of this paper is to answer these significant questions, through an empirical analysis performed on a sample of 59 Northern and Southern European universities. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical analysis performed on a sample of 59 Northern and Southern European universities. Findings – The findings show that students’ spin-off firm formation is the only different result for an Entrepreneurial University between Northern and Southern European universities and that the core internal entrepreneurship support factors are different for both geographical locations. Originality/value – Besides, regarding external entrepreneurship support factors, results show that a supportive institutional context is a core element for promoting internal entrepreneurship support factors and in turn for increasing students’ spin-off firm formation in both Northern and Southern universities.

Rethinking the university system: toward the entrepreneurial university (the case of Italy)

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Vesperi ◽  
Ineza Gagnidze
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
University System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate contemporary changes in the education system. In particular, an analysis of the mechanisms of coordination and communication involved in the process can show how different geographical factors with different relational mechanisms may contribute to the creation of a new academic entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The authors propose a methodology with two-step approach. In the first part of the paper, they use a theoretical approach to carry out a longitudinal study of academic literature on the topics of “entrepreneurial university,” “academic entrepreneurship” and “spin-off organizations.” In the second part, they use cross-database analysis to theorize the main aspects of recent developments in higher education in Italy. To this end, the authors use three public and open-access databases on spin-offs, universities and higher education institutions and incubators in Italy. Findings First, issues relating to the formation and best practices of entrepreneurial universities are discussed, based on the works of researchers from 25 countries. Second, a hypothesis is put forward to suggest that the organizational model of entrepreneurial university affects microeconomic competitiveness. Third, a case study of Italian spin-off organizations suggests that the number of incubators and spin-offs, and the type of academic knowledge, all directly affect the entrepreneurial university. Originality/value This paper aims to examine the role of the university in the modern economic system. The originality of this investigation lies in its ability to offer a picture and first analysis of the main actors and of the entrepreneurial university system.

scholarly journals The Interregional Migration of Human Capital: The Case of “First-Class” University Graduates in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Cui ◽  
Yifan Wang ◽  
Qiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Urban Amenities ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
The University

AbstractHuman capital has been acknowledged as a key driver for innovation, thereby promoting regional economic development in the knowledge era. University graduates from China’s “first-class” universities—the top 42 universities, included in the “double first-class” initiative, are considered highly educated human capital. Their migration patterns will exert profound impacts on regional development in China, however, little is known about the migration of these elite university graduates and its underlying driving forces. Using data from the 2018 Graduate Employment Reports, this study reveals that the uneven distribution of “first-class” universities and regional differentials largely shaped the migration of graduates from the university to work. Graduates were found aggregating in eastern first-tier cities, even though appealing talent-orientated policies aimed at attracting human capital had been launched in recent years by second-tier cities. Employing negative binomial models, this study investigates how the characteristics of the city of university and destinations affect the intensity of flows of graduates between them. The results showed that both jobs and urban amenities in the university city and destination city exert impacts on the inflow volume of graduates; whereas talent attraction policies introduced by many second-tier cities are found not to exert positive effects on attracting “first-class” university graduates presently. The trend of human capital migration worth a follow-up investigation, particularly given ongoing policy dynamics, and would shed light on the regional development disparities in China.

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