This article explores preconditions and developmental dynamics of institutional innovation in higher education organizations as an outcome of a collaborative educational initiative - a university-based experimental space. Such collaborative learning configurations are often designed to stimulate...

Building on contemporary debates over thetransformation of scientific research and universities, the essay reviewsrecent literature that points to the ways in which science and the universityhave dramatically changed. Four mutation theories and models are presented tosuggest that a better...

This study challenges the thesis that universities worldwide are being transformed into entrepreneurial universities.Of particular interest is the idea that entire universities are restructuring themselves into “quasi-incubators” for startups.This thesis is evaluated in light of a case study...

The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding of the development of trust during commercial product development collaboration. It elaborates on a performance-based conception of trust by analyzing the history of cooperation between two biotechnology firms. The means and mechanisms of...

This paper analyses Finnish biotechnology policy and combines this with a look at the evolution of a university spin-off company's business models. It offers a rare grass-roots perspective on policy implementation and further develops the business model concept. Business models should be...