This book analyses the importance of the entrepreneurial university, specifically in relation to the creation of entrepreneurial ideas and attitudes in students and entrepreneurial initiatives in academic institutions. The aim of the editors and contributing authors is to provide the reader with...

University Startups and Spin-Offs teaches university students, researchers, and educators the most effective strategies and tactics for launching their own startups from academic platforms with the backing of school programs, public grants, incubators, seed accelerators, and private partnerships...

Forward -- Introduction -- Part I: Inter-Firm Cooperation and (Regional) Clusters -- Part II: Entrepreneurial Activities, Innovation and Regional Networks -- Part III: Knowledge Transfers Between University and Industry

Empirische Studien zum Wachstum akademischer Spin-offs -- The Impact of Network Capabilities and Entrepreneurial Orientation on University Spin-off Performance* -- Akademische Spin-offs -- On the Performance of Young Technology-Based Ventures -- Effective Learning within Entrepreneurial Networks...

Relevanz von Kooperationen zwischen Unternehmen und Universitäten vor dem Hintergrund der Wissensgesellschaft -- Kritische Würdigung der regionalen Innovationsforschung sowie der Wissenschafts- und Technologiestudien -- Entwicklung eines Ansatzes auf Grundlage von einschlägigen Konzepten zum...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Measuring the Performance of Knowledge Value-Added in University-Industry Collaborative Innovation -- Chapter 3: Efficiency Evaluation of Knowledge Flow in University-Industry Collaborative Innovation in China -- Chapter 4: Big Five Personality Traits and...

The book explores different approaches towards the ‘entrepreneurial university’ paradigm, explores channels and mechanism used by universities to implement the paradigm and contributes to the public discussion on the impact of commercialization on university research and knowledge. It argues...

This book articulates and interconnects a range of research methods for the investigation of business management processes. It introduces new directions that both recognise the business community as stakeholders in the research process and seek to include them in that process. The book presents...

This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics, business strategists and government officials. To date the collaborations have focused on the...

Based on five major research cases observed in Taiwan, this book introduces the core concept of a social innovation system to show how the common good can be established, adapted and diffused across communities, societies and national boundaries