Despite a wealth of efforts that examine separately the role entrepreneurs and universities play in economic development, no systematic effort has been made to examine the role universities play in promoting economic development through entrepreneurship. This book fills that gap, focusing on...

Chapter 1. Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Academic Leadership: an Introduction -- Chapter 2. Leadership in Social and Psychological Characteristics of Group Interactions in Management -- Chapter 3. Segmentation of Consumers as a Leading Factor in Restaurant Marketing -- Chapter 4....

New entrepreneurial ventures may represent a viable and effective mechanism to transform academic knowledge into regional economic growth. We test this notion for the Italian provinces between 2001 and 2006. We evaluate three outputs of academic activities: teaching, research and Intellectual...