production and knowledge application. The academic firm has an interest to engage in networks with universities (higher education … university research). In general, the academic firm values engagement in diversified networks as a form for creating knowledge as …

described as: (1) integrated in formal and informal networks; (2) hindered or eased by these linkages; and (3) shaped by the … opportunities (idea recognition, experience, finance etc.) within these networks. The academia produces new knowledge that through … role of networks for academic entrepreneurship. It also untangles a web of formal support systems and informal …