Entrepreneurial Universities

This book explores the idea of the 'Entrepreneurial University' within the institutional environment that focuses on the production, dissemination, and exploitation of knowledge. Keeping its gaze firmly on the constitutive elements of the knowledge-based institutional environment the key actors and their interactions the book makes important theoretical and empirical contributions to the burgeoning literature on academic entrepreneurship.

The contributing chapters in the book draw insights from a range of disciplines including history, institutional and evolutionary economics, strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation studies to explore how institutions can create new business opportunities in turbulent times. This interdisciplinary approach has generated a rich and diverse set of insights on the idea of Entrepreneurial Universities for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in innovation and technology studies, entrepreneurship,and knowledge management.

Fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the role of the university in knowledge production and entrepreneurship Provides a mix of theoretical research, implications for practice and suggestions for government policy Offers detailed case studies from around the world, notably Africa and Europe

Autorentext

Sola Adesola is Senior Lecturer in International Organizations and Law at the Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests span entrepreneurship, energy policy, and university-industry interactions. She is a co-editor of Energy in Africa: Policy, Management and Sustainability (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development.

Surja Datta is Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Innovation at the Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Surja's research interests include business history, creativity and innovation. He is the author of A History of the Indian University: Emerging from the Shadows of the Past (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development.

Klappentext

This book explores the idea of the Entrepreneurial University within the institutional environment that focuses on the production, dissemination, and exploitation of knowledge. Keeping its gaze firmly on the constitutive elements of the knowledge-based institutional environment the key actors and their interactions the book makes important theoretical and empirical contributions to the burgeoning literature on academic entrepreneurship. The contributing chapters in the book draw insights from a range of disciplines including history, institutional and evolutionary economics, strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation studies to explore how institutions can create new business opportunities in turbulent times. This interdisciplinary approach has generated a rich and diverse set of insights on the idea of Entrepreneurial Universities for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in innovation and technology studies, entrepreneurship,and knowledge management.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Entrepreneurial Universities: Creating Institutional Innovation in Times of Turbulence .- 2. The Status of Innovation in Africa's Development Strategy: Where should Science and Technology Fit in? .- 3. Commercialisation of Science at British Universities .- 4. Research, policy and practice in knowledge transfer: towards an all-inclusive approach .- 5. Spin-off Strategy and Technology Transfer Office: Cases in Sweden .- 6. Entrepreneurial Universities: A Case Study of the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria .- 7. Revisiting the New Entrepreneurial University: in Times of Uncertainty .- 8. Entrepreneurial intentions amongst African Students: A Case Illustration of University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.