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 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...

1.Introduction -- 2.Risk Assessment -- 3.Hierarchical Model in Decision-Making -- 4.An Integrated Fuzzy Approach for Aggregative Supplier Risk Assessment -- 5.Fuzzy-AHP Approach for Analysing Risk Rating of Environmentally Friendly Product Designs -- 6.Fuzzy Extent Analysis for Food Risk...

Inter-university cooperation across the world has shown several positive outcomes in terms of knowledge exchange as well as R&D benefits. This book portrays best practices of inter-university cooperation between Italian and American universities, while featuring agreements of Sapienza University...

This book aims to bring together different contributions highlighting how the recent changes that modify universities’ activities, such as the necessity to internationalize and crucially rely on third party funding, and the new entrepreneurial trajectories stemming from the recent...

This volume showcases contributions from leading academics, educators and policymakers derived from two workshops hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES) at George Mason University on internationalization and competitiveness. It aims to present key areas of current...

Die Organisationsgestaltung von Universitäten als Gegenstand organisationstheoretischer Forschung -- Definition und Management der deutschen Forschungsuniversität im Kontext des deutschen Universitätssystems -- Identifikation, Beschreibung und Bewertung von Organisationsmodellen für die...

Executive Summary -- 1 Einleitung -- 1.1 Ziel der Arbeit -- 1.2 Vorgehensweise und Aufbau der Arbeit -- 1.3 Deutschsprachiger Raum -- 2 Problembeschreibung -- 2.1 Ist-Situation und Notwendigkeit der Effizienten und Zielgerichteten Steuerung von Lehre und Forschung im Bildungs- und...

The University Before Humboldt and After -- Macroculture, Education and Democracy: Lessons from Ancient Greece -- The University according to Humboldt and the Alternatives -- University Studies at Hardenberg’s and Humboldt’s Time and the Professionalization of University Studies Today -- The...