This paper seeks to explain the variable outcomes from university entrepreneurial
ecosystems by observing their structural and spatial configurations in relation to spinoff …

Purpose Research on entrepreneurial ecosystems has advanced over recent years and has
become a popular topic. Despite the interest, previous work has focused on entrepreneurial …

The paper draws on network theory to employ concepts of homophily and heterophily to
investigate whether the presence of familiar, unfamiliar or a mix of actors in an …

Abstract H arrison RT and L eitch C. Voodoo institution or entrepreneurial university? Spin-
off companies, the entrepreneurial system and regional development in the UK, Regional …

With an increased emphasis on commercializing research, licensing of technology, creating
university spin-offs, introducing entrepreneurship programmes, and expanding university …

Universities play a strategic role as drivers of regional economic growth. One contribution is
the establishment and support of University Spin-off companies (USOs), as a knowledge …

The purpose of this study is to add to the literature on entrepreneurial university ecosystems
by highlighting the ways in which academics engage or decouple in entrepreneurship …

Policy-related discussions increasingly view universities as so-called “engines of economic
growth”. Recognizing that the economic impact of universities is dependent, at least in part …

University business incubators (UBIs) are an important part of the ecosystem that supports
entrepreneurial activities and economic development. Extant research has focused on …

Universities play a well-established role in regional economic growth, one contribution to
which is academic entrepreneurship, the establishment and support of faculty and graduate …