The Entrepreneurial University Context and Institutional Change

• Other Authors: Foss. Lene (Editor), Gibson.David V. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2017
• Edition: Print book : English
• Series: Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology, 37.
• Subjects: Academic-industrial collaboration; Entrepreneurship; Economic development
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 Global recessions and structural economic shifts are motivating government and business leaders worldwide to increasingly look to "their" universities to stimulate regional development and to contribute to national competiveness. The challenge is clear and the question is pressing: How will universities respond? This book presents in-depth case narratives of ten universities from Norway, Finland, Sweden, UK, and the U.S. that have overcome significant challenges to develop programs and activities to commercialize scientific research, launch entrepreneurial degree programs, establish industry partnerships, and build entrepreneurial cultures and ecosystems. The universities are quite diverse: large and small; teaching and research focused; internationally recognized and relatively new; located in major cities and in emerging regions. Each case narrative describes challenges overcome, actions taken, and resulting accomplishments.