A general model for training the next generation of Biotechnology entrepreneurs based on recent experience of USA-UK-South Africa collaborations

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl J. Kunert ◽  
Blessed Okole ◽  
Barend J. Vorster ◽  
Nicholas J. Brewin ◽  
Christopher A. Cullis
Keyword(s):  
Work Force ◽  
Biotechnology Industry ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Commercial Applications

Preparing students for future entrepreneurial activity in the biotechnology industry is an important issue in many parts of the world because most countries seek to reap the benefits of investments in university-based teaching and research through the development of a knowledge-based economy driven by a highly skilled work force. The current generation of biotechnology students will begin their professional lives in a globalized society. This means that flexibility, creativity and critical thinking are essential personal skills that need to be cultivated by students at universities in order for graduates to be competitive in the job market of a fast-moving world. It is no longer sufficient for universities to teach students to be passionate about science and to enjoy learning and discovering new things. Biotechnology students, in particular, need to be trained to identify the connections between science and its commercial applications.

A Finnish Concept for Academic Entrepreneurship

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Laine
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Potential Applications

In a knowledge-driven economy there is a growing need for deeper and more productive interaction between higher education and industry. The full exploitation of knowledge requires strategies, incentives, appropriate systems and strong interaction between the transfer processes and the main processes in higher education. In a knowledge-based economy, knowledge is more likely to be created if there is collaboration on the potential applications. In such a knowledge creation process, the creation, dissemination and utilization of knowledge are carried out in quick succession or even simultaneously. Also, basic research and applied research can no longer be separated. Knowledge creation is, in many cases, achieved through long-term partnerships based on trust, commitment and mutual benefit. This paper explores ways of supporting and creating entrepreneurial activity in higher education. It studies the case of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurial Activity and Non-Entrepreneurial Engagement in Colombia

2016 ◽  
pp. 170-198
Author(s):  
Luis Javier Sanchez-Barrios ◽  
Eduardo Gomez-Araujo ◽  
Liyis Gomez-Nuñez ◽  
Sandra Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
General Context ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
National Expert ◽  
Traditional Economy ◽  
Innovation Policies

This chapter explores various aspects that might be associated with entrepreneurial activity and non-entrepreneurial engagement in Colombia between 2010 and 2012. These ratios were calculated from the GEM-Colombia report between 2010 and 2012. Aspects were obtained from the National Expert Survey (NES) of the GEM project and from the Doing Business Study. Sommer's d correlation was used to test significant association. Results show that in general, context conditions in Colombia are adequate to start a business. Positive aspects include public policies to stimulate business creation, skilled specialist teams and reduction in processes required to formally establish an SME. Yet further substantial advance need to be made in terms of access to financial resources, access to technology that is relevant for microbusinesses, implementation of innovation policies and education in entrepreneurship. This is required to enhance the creation of high growth businesses that result in a knowledge-based economy in contrast with a prevalent traditional economy as is the case at present.

scholarly journals The Economic and Social Value of Fostering Entrepreneurship Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 783-799
Author(s):  
Nur Hazelen Mat Rusok ◽  
Naresh Kumar ◽  
Khamisah Abd Manaf
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Continuous Assessment ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Students and alumni reported a weak desire for a transition towards entrepreneurship despite endless support from the government and the higher education institution (HEI). Indeed alumni and students prefer more security and stability in working life. The survey results show that it is easier for graduates to find employment immediately after their graduation. Besides, it turns out that alumni have opportunities to display their creativity and to come up with new ideas in their current job. Similarly, the students reported that they are able to display creativity in whatever activities they are involved. The impact of entrepreneurship education on society and economy were average. The study implies that HEIs should focus in developing greater levels of innovative entrepreneurial activity to support students in identifying viable entrepreneurial opportunities and new venture creation. Continuous assessment is vital to realign the entrepreneurship education and become the agent of industrial innovation, technological development, economic development and social development especially in the context of growing knowledge-based economy.

Specialisations of University Graduates and Changes in the Labour Market in Voivodeships

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 391-404
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Mrozińska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Adaptive Processes

Knowledge-based economy and cooperation in the conditions of globalisation and the economic integration result in shifts in the job market, which became the cause of development in higher education in Poland. Suitability of the offer of Polish universities to the demands of future employers represents an embodiment of the educational aspirations of future employees. The aim of the article is to analyse the processes that occur in the structure of the studies at universities in correlation to the changes visible on the labour market in individual voivodeships. The study shows the changes that took place in the structure of the education fields chosen by students as well as in the structure of the labour market. It uses measures for structural analyses and examines the intensity, rate and stability of the adaptation of these structures in the years 2008–2014. The study shows differences in the characteristics of adaptive processes in the fields of study and structure of labour markets in voivodeships in Poland.  

Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurial Activity and Non-Entrepreneurial Engagement in Colombia

2017 ◽  
pp. 1910-1932
Author(s):  
Luis Javier Sanchez-Barrios ◽  
Eduardo Gomez-Araujo ◽  
Liyis Gomez-Nuñez ◽  
Sandra Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
General Context ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
National Expert ◽  
Traditional Economy ◽  
Innovation Policies

This chapter explores various aspects that might be associated with entrepreneurial activity and non-entrepreneurial engagement in Colombia between 2010 and 2012. These ratios were calculated from the GEM-Colombia report between 2010 and 2012. Aspects were obtained from the National Expert Survey (NES) of the GEM project and from the Doing Business Study. Sommer's d correlation was used to test significant association. Results show that in general, context conditions in Colombia are adequate to start a business. Positive aspects include public policies to stimulate business creation, skilled specialist teams and reduction in processes required to formally establish an SME. Yet further substantial advance need to be made in terms of access to financial resources, access to technology that is relevant for microbusinesses, implementation of innovation policies and education in entrepreneurship. This is required to enhance the creation of high growth businesses that result in a knowledge-based economy in contrast with a prevalent traditional economy as is the case at present.

scholarly journals Regionalne zróżnicowanie rozwoju biotechnologii w Europie

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 67-94
Author(s):  
Sławomir Dorocki ◽  
Jan Paweł Jastrzębski
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Biotechnology Industry ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Modern Biotechnology ◽  
Economic Regions

Modern biotechnology is widely regarded as information technology, a new wave of knowledge-based economy. It is one of the key technologies of the 20th century, with potentially a versatile range of applications, such as healthcare, agriculture and industrial processes. Simultaneously, biotechnology and pharmacy are the strongest fields in the currently funded basic research which contributes to progress in other sciences.According to the European Parliament’s report “Life sciences and biotechnology – A Strategy for Europe”, it is taken for granted that modern biotechnology offers unique opportunities of satisfying many human needs. Biotechnology could thus serve the European Union as a great contribution to the achievement of its policy objectives of economic growth and job creation, public health, environmental protection and sustainable development.In the following years, life sciences and biotechnology industry could potentially become the major areas of science, industry and employment and could improve the quality of life through innovative medical applications, upgrading of industrial bases of Europe, and better environment.This article aims at presenting regional differences in the development of biotechnology in Europe. Delimitation of regions will take place both on the basis of academic achievement in the field and the location of the biotechnology industry in Europe. An attempt will also be made to link the development of biotechnology with other markers of socio-economic regions of Europe.

From Freezing to Investing: New Approaches to Monetary and Currency Policies

2008 ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
A. Nekipelov ◽  
Yu. Goland
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy

The appeals to minimize state intervention in the Russian economy are counterproductive. However the excessive involvement of the state is fraught with the threat of building nomenclature capitalism. That is the main idea of the series of articles by prominent representatives of Russian economic thought who formulate their position on key elements of the long-term strategy of Russia’s development. The articles deal with such important issues as Russia’s economic policy, transition to knowledge-based economy, basic directions of monetary and structural policies, strengthening of property rights, development of human potential, foreign economic priorities of our state.

Creativity Class

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Chumley
Keyword(s):  
Socialist Economy ◽  
Art Students ◽  
Culture Industries ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
School Entrance ◽  
Prep Schools ◽  
Entrance Test ◽  
Art Academies ◽  
Art School

The last three decades have seen a massive expansion of China's visual culture industries, from architecture and graphic design to fine art and fashion. New ideologies of creativity and creative practices have reshaped the training of a new generation of art school graduates. This is the first book to explore how Chinese art students develop, embody, and promote their own personalities and styles as they move from art school entrance test preparation, to art school, to work in the country's burgeoning culture industries. The book shows the connections between this creative explosion and the Chinese government's explicit goal of cultivating creative human capital in a new “market socialist” economy where value is produced through innovation. Drawing on years of fieldwork in China's leading art academies and art test prep schools, the book combines ethnography and oral history with analyses of contemporary avant-garde and official art, popular media, and propaganda. Examining the rise of a Chinese artistic vanguard and creative knowledge-based economy, the book sheds light on an important facet of today's China.

Enhancing Teaching Pedagogy through Bowen Mechanism:

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 780-789
Author(s):  
Honoureen Beatrice Gamble
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Teaching Pedagogy ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Good Product ◽  
The People ◽  
Second World

Language has become a never- ending phenomenon in day-day life. To articulate one’s own idea language has become an artifact in showcasing the rudiments of everyday life. It is a tool which bridges the gap between the people so that the conflict between known and the unknown will not take place. The major portal of communication is language and it operates at every level and without this the mode will not function. Teaching is quite challenging in the contemporary times and it expects the teaching fraternity to be a facilitator than a moderator. A few decades back book based teaching was foregrounded and knowledge based teaching was back grounded whereas in the present scenario knowledge based teaching which comprises hard skills and soft skills matters a lot along with that the curriculm too evolves. This paradigmatic shift is to make the student community a good product in the job market. Literature is unique in nature and it informs the reader about the scenarios which will take place in the coming days and all this is possible only through the artistic talent of the writers and they are the real oracles. Bowen Mechanism having its deep origin in America when the society was fragmented owing to the Aftermaths of the second world war .  A psychologist by nature has framed a few methodologies to eliminate the human’s misunderstanding and for that communication acts as an impetus.

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