Universities are increasingly emphasizing the creation of new companies as a mechanism
for commercialization of intellectual property. This special issue provides a timely …

The purpose of this paper and the special issue is to improve our understanding of the
theoretical, empirical, managerial and political implications of emerging models of …

The idea of an entrepreneurial university caught on fast after the American sociologist
Burton R. Clark published his books on entrepreneurship in universities (Creating …

The literature on university entrepreneurship is rapidly expanding, in both the United States
and Europe. Since the literature is also fairly fragmented, however, we submit that it is time …

Since the publication of Burton R. Clark's book (1998), the research about the phenomena of
“entrepreneurial universities” and their core activities–teaching, research, technology …

Universities are widely recognized as a critical source of technological innovation and are
heralded for the entrepreneurial ventures cultivated within their walls. To date, most …

An entrepreneurial society refers to places where knowledge-based entrepreneurship has
emerged as a driving force for economic growth, employment creation and competitiveness …

is now generally accepted that globalization process and internationalization have modified
the roles of main agents of social and economic changes. In this case, Universities have …

In the knowledge economy, academic entrepreneurship occurs at the boundaries of different
scientific and professional backgrounds, creating a need for support mechanisms to …

We gain insight into the emerging character of the entrepreneurial university by pursuing
empirical answers to two questions: How are such universities initially formed? And how do …