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One of the core elements of universities applied sciences (UAS) is its connection with professional fields. Lecturers establish relationships with private organizations and guide students in internships, projects, assignments and towards graduation. In this role, lecturers are confronted with developments in their field of expertise, thereby deploy...
The current scholarly debates highlight the role of business models for understanding the dynamics inherent to disruptive innovations. Additionally, research on business models argues for similarities between business models, as they are shared by multiple competitors and across industries. Despite the recent advancements in both debate streams, a...
Engaging with knowledge from an emerging field, with its promises and limitations still uncertain, can be challenging for incumbent firms. Proponents of novel technologies within these firms then play an important role in bridging the developments in the field with the rest of the firm. In this study, we explore how researchers in big pharma firms...
This paper explores the potential of university-industry technology transfer through science-based entrepreneurship education (SBEE). The scientific literature focuses mostly on enabling university-industry technology transfer via university-industry collaboration in research, and not so much in (science) education. The paper identifies four strand...
Universities have been expected to do more to solve economic and social problems in the knowledge-based society. Many universities have tried to become more entrepreneurial in order to respond to the overloaded demands from external society. However, the notion of entrepreneurial university is still quite vague, and so this paper firstly tries to p...
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University business incubators (UBIs) are born as tools of the academic world to market research results, for the transfer of technology and to promote entrepreneurial spirit. In these contexts, the exchange of knowledge among entrepreneurs can be a key variable for the development and success of their businesses. This paper aims to analyse...
The pressure on higher education institutions (HEIs) to realize third mission activities continues to grow, intensifying the search for incentives to motivate academics to engage with stakeholders outside their HEI. Previous studies have found limitations in intrinsically motivating academic engagement; therefore, this study investigates the extrin...
The pharmaceutical industry is highly reliant on researchers who not only possess the technical knowledge but also the professional skills to collaborate in drug development. To prepare future practitioners to thrive in this interdisciplinary environment, Innovative Training Networks (ITNs) have become increasingly important in doctoral training. I...
In response to the increasing number and breadth of innovation studies on the pharmaceutical industry, we mapped the literature to show the trends in recent research and to indicate areas for further research. In the first phase, we analyzed articles on the pharmaceutical industry published in innovation journals. We used these articles’ textual an...
This paper contributes to the research on discrepancy between employers´ needs and graduates’ competencies acquired at bachelor education. Given the fact that internationalizing SMEs have considered international relation competency (IRC) to be the key competency for starting export professionals, this qualitative study examines whether this key co...
The organizational world has long recognized action learning (AL) as an invaluable tool for managerial development. However, AL’s popularity among organizations did not translate into its adoption by business schools. A lack of evidence on what competencies AL fosters in students and whether these competencies transfer to practice has limited its w...
With the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), digital technology changes how banks translate new customer demands into new products and services. To achieve this translation, banks should increase their intrapreneurship capability through Individual-level Innovative Behavior (IIB). However, research on how to manage...
Considering that one of the key components of liquid food in environmentally friendly packaging is its higher price, it may not be appealing to all consumers. However, a growing body of evidence has shown that the sale of liquid food in environmentally friendly packaging is increasing. The purpose of this study was to analyze why consumers are will...
While many food producers invest in adopting sustainable and/or environmentally friendly packaging for regular foods, such as milk or juice, it remains unclear why consumers choose to buy regular food in such packaging, especially when it is more expensive and other alternatives are available. The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic li...
Notwithstanding the growing importance of university-business cooperation (UBC), our understanding of education-driven UBC remains nebulous, so does our knowledge of facilitators of academic engagement in such cooperation. This research explores psychological facilitators underlying academic engagement with business in education-driven activities s...
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the early development stages of International New Ventures (INVs). Specifically, the authors explore how INVs acquire and leverage four kinds of capital – strategic, managerial, financial and social – to recognise a foreign opportunity, begin the pre-foreign entry activities, and finally start the...
This paper develops insight into the way in which twenty-first century universities worldwide have
performed in the changing world and challenges that they have undergone, in order to address the ever-
changing demands of the global knowledge-based economy within the innovative ecosystem. It firstly
reviews current theory and practice on entreprene...
The authors seek to advance the understanding of social capital in the acquisition of other types of capital in the early stages of international new ventures (INVs). International technology-based new ventures are important for the growth of an abundant economy, yet little is known about how these firms utilise social capital to develop the resour...
The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted previously, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely neglected to date. Using qualitative methods and building upon institutional perspectives of sustainable change, we show how be...
Knowledge circulation and the entrepreneurial university have become essential to
the functioning of regional innovation systems. What does this mean for the three
core tasks of universities – teaching, doing scientific research, and making a societal
contribution? How can the changing of these tasks be analyzed in the context of the
role of the en...
This paper presents coping mechanisms that address competing institutional logics in University-Business Co-operation (UBC). We examined academics at two Indonesian universities and in two science fields, computer science and electrical engineering. Our findings suggest that the level of the integration of business and science logic determines thei...
Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is a highly interdisciplinary field, rich in ideas integrated from pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, biology, and physics, among others. To enrich our understanding of the development of the field, we used bibliometric techniques to analyze 3642 publications in FBDD, complementing accounts by key practitioners...
Innovative capability and creativity, particularly in high value-added industries, are viewed as core to the competitiveness of a firm. Firms can increase their innovative capability by taking advantage of individual innovative behavior. Individual innovation is also important for firms to sustain innovation processes by including a broad set of be...
This article addresses academics who innovate in higher education and their characteristics. We undertake a qualitative case study of six individuals who implemented disruptive and transformative pedagogical approaches and curricular practices in their departments and/or at their institutions. Our findings point to six
common characteristics – moti...
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been placed at the core of regional innovation ecosystems and encouraged to contribute to the social and economic development of the communities where they operate. In response to this change in the environment, HEIs have faced the need to adapt their organisational culture, practices and structures.
In spi...
With pressure on universities to better contribute to society, academic entrepreneurship is an increasingly recognised source of new knowledge and technologies as well as being a driver of the movement to a knowledge society. However, whilst growing, the level of academic entrepreneurship in Europe is still relatively low.
Two reasons that are fact...
This article is concerned with the emergence of the science–business (SB) profession and the role of the SB professional (SBP) in both academia and business. Transferring science to markets can take a variety of routes depending on the stage of development and the people and skill sets involved. An SBP may co-develop opportunities for exploitation...
The study in this chapter aimed to explore the perception of university managers and academics towards
incentives and obstacles of university-business co-operation. For this purpose, case studies were conducted
in a public and a private university in Indonesia. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews
with university managers: Universi...
In this paper we address the question of what characterizes academics who drive innovation in higher education. We undertake a qualitative case study research of six individuals, previously underpinned by exploratory examination based on a database of 30 interviews with individuals, who implemented disruptive pedagogical approaches and curricular p...
In this paper, we analyse 53 Dutch accreditation reports in the field of information technology to assess the mechanisms of the reported involvement of the professional field in the undergraduate programmes of universities of applied sciences. The results of qualitative content analysis reveal a coupling effect in reporting on mechanisms of interac...
This chapter explores emerging concerns and issues of University and Business Co-operation (UBC) at Indonesian universities. Over decades, the Indonesian government has been implemented policies and strategies to stimulate collaboration between universities and business by offering them a variety of funding schemes. It has been aimed to foster inno...
Our focus is on the agenda-setting of a purchasing cooperative aiming to have their members consider the adoption of a new logistics information system based on RFID. Adding "technology trust", we used the UTAUT model to determine the adoption intention of associated book retailers. Using structural equation modeling, data analysis shows that the o...
Over the last few decades, globalization and ever-increasing demands of the knowledge-based economy have caused higher education in most countries around the world to undergo significant transformation. Notwithstanding the dramatic changes in higher education, it is clearly noticed that the influence of the European higher education models is still...
The literature emphasizes the importance of ensuring that measures developed at the organizational level are transferable to the individual level. This is important not only for effective technology and knowledge transfer in general, but also and especially for university–industry linkages. This study reflects on support mechanisms identified by pr...
Novice-entrepreneurs who come from a university taking their first steps, they " only " have an idea for a business derived from their studies or research. They think and act based on their university education and experience (" academic logics "). In general, they have no or only a vague idea about the " market " and have not yet developed their "...
University-Business Cooperation: A Tale of Two Logics Universities and businesses have different " institutional logics ". These two contradictive logics will " collide " when such organizations begin a cooperation with each other. Nevertheless, a bridge can be built between them. In this study, we present four short cases to illustrate how academi...
The benefits and longer term impact in the relationship of a starting entrepreneur and his/her mentor are the subject of research from the perspective of the entrepreneur. Most research study the effects of mentoring on the benefits, during or shortly after ending the mentorship relation; this study focuses on the redefinition of the relationship....
The results presented in this report were from a study commissioned by the European Commission (EC). Surveys were sent out to all registered European HEIs in 33 countries in 2011. In total, 6,280 responses were received from European academics and HEI management (HEI managers and HEI professionals working with industry) whilst from the Netherlands...
This Book represents and presents the Proceedings of a Conference, which was organized by UIIN University-Industry-Innovation-Network in Amsterdam in May 27-29 2013: University-Industry Interaction: Challenges and Solutions for Fostering Entrepreneurial Universities and Collaborative Innovation.
The conference strived for significantly enhancing u...
Valorization of research results is becoming increasingly important today. Since academic research should not only contribute to our "quest for fundamental understanding," but it also needs to "consider use" (Stokes, 1997); these dual goals give rise to tension in academic institutes that need to carefully balance research and its exploitation (Amb...
In this paper the concept of knowledge circulation is explored and placed in a social systems approach that distinguishes four types of 'capital': cultural, strategic, network and economic. Knowledge circulation is a form of university–industry interaction that accommodates the
objectives of what are, in many respects, unequal partners and outlines...
This paper explores technology adoption based on the 'technology - organisation - environment' framework to study radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption in South African industries. It operationalises the framework using innovation-adoption theory, 'organisational capitals', and 'societal embedding'. The study explores adoption characterist...
The process of knowledge transfer has been extensively studied in the context of a variety of theoretical considerations. In this paper the authors adopt a communication theory perspective and focus on capacity for dissemination. Many studies assume that universities are able to disseminate and commercialize their knowledge (and technology). Howeve...
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The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the adoption process of innovative asphalt equipment in road construction and how the level of knowledge as characterised by the level of education in the companies affects this process. The emphasis is on equipment used for transporting asphalt from asphalt plant to construction site or...
The founder of paperbackswap.com, Bobby Swarthout, developed the idea for his venture while he was a college student. As a student on a limited budget, he had become tired of paying high prices for textbooks. So he developed and launched an online textbook swapping service. Along with a small group of students, he managed to assemble a group of 12...
The so-called ‘Third Mission’ of the university is under debate for the last 20–30 years (Laredo, 2007) and this mission has received a wide variety of interpretations. In this chapter we adhere to execution of activities that contribute to the economic and social development of its territory. This new idea of the university as an entrepreneurial o...
In the context of entrepreneurial universities, new stakeholders and new roles for old ones have emerged. Accordingly, university
entrepreneurship support services have to behave in a creative and innovative manner to actively support business creation
at universities. This means that a common framework is necessary that includes the different stak...
The dissemination and transfer of knowledge are an important source of value-added in research activities, and the transfer of new knowledge to society is now seen as a key responsibility of universities. Transnational research cooperation is pivotal to European research funding and, with this in mind, the authors examine the state of cooperation a...
This paper explores the role of the voice-of-the-consumer (VOC) in the startup process for high tech knowledge intensive firms. Specifically, we describe how high-tech startup firms can integrate the VOC during phases of opportunity recognition, preparation for exploitation and opportunity exploitation. First, we provide a review of the literature...
The process of knowledge transfer is extensively studied from a variety of theoretical orientations. In this study the authors adopt a communication theory point of view as their orientation and focus on the dissemination capacity. After a review of the literature the authors focus on the disseminative capacity of universities and formulate four pr...
Previous studies suggest that the majority of global startups have no choice but to operate across borders from day one (e.g., Oviatt and McDougall, 1994) to pursue their opportunities. Yet, few studies have explored how the opportunities for such firms come into existence and drive the emergence of global startups. In this chapter, we describe the...
This paper addresses the question of how organisations can foster high technology businesses in an incubation-type environment. We compare the approaches taken by a large private firm with a successful University entrepreneurial program to outline successful elements in creating a successful high tech business incubation environment. By outlining s...
Conventional models for the business valuation of technology are usually financially oriented and only measure economic value. Several of these financially oriented approaches have been reviewed by Leloux and Groen (2007). Current monetary (financial) valuation methods for technology include cost-based methods, income-based methods and market-based...
Over many years people have tried to understand the entrepreneurial process (e.g., Hayek, 1945; Kirzner, 1973; Shane & Venkataraman, 2000; Schumpeter, 1934). Van der Veen and Wakkee (2004) reviewed the literature and introduced the role of the entrepreneur and the environment in this process. An environment can have two roles: as a stimulus for opp...
The creation of new innovative enterprises, the support for spinoff companies and the development of startups are important priorities for the stimulation of economic growth, both within the European Union (EU) and worldwide. In the period of 1999–2006, a European programme, the Pilot Action of Excellence in Innovative Start-ups (PAXIS), dealt with...
Comment les universités européennes organisent-elles leur mission de transfert de connaissances (TC) ? Selon nous, l’organisation institutionnelle du transfert de connaissances couvre (1) la structure administrative du transfert de connaissances, en d’autres termes la façon dont les universités ont intégré et organisé leurs activités de TC, (2) l’o...
How do European universities organise the knowledge transfer (KT) task? We consider the institutional organisation of knowledge transfer as encompassing 1) the knowledge transfer office structure, i.e. the way universities have embedded and organise their KT activities, 2) the focus towards the KT task, linked to the KT strategy, and 3) the KT acti...
The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial university; this means more than just having a focus on entrepreneurship, but
in the framework of this paper we restrict ourselves to this (for a more elaborate discussion on the entrepreneurial university
we refer to Shane 2004; Clark 1998; Bok 2003). Entrepreneurship is an essential and consistent el...
Corporate entrepreneurship is a topic of attraction for many managers in corporate enterprises. In the early 1980s, several researchers discovered the importance of entrepreneurship and its role in organisational renewal, innovation, risk taking and creation of new businesses. Corporate entrepreneurship became a subject of interest because of its b...
It is becoming increasing clear that a new industry - the entrepreneurship industry - is in the ascendant and that universities are a part of this development. Furthermore, the idea of the entrepreneurial university has only recently entered the debate. Promoting the entrepreneurship agenda within constituencies where it is not traditionally acknow...
New stakeholders and new roles for old stakeholders have emerged with the development of entrepreneurial universities. A new systemic framework is therefore required which includes these various stakeholders and their goals and thus gives a clear picture of the process of entrepreneurship encouragement and business development support (EE&BDS). The...
Academics and practitioners alike have long understood the benefits, if not the risks, of both emerging markets and emerging technologies.Yet it is only recently that foresighted firms have embraced emerging technologies and emerging markets through entrepreneurial activity. Emerging technologies and emerging markets present both unique challenges...
This paper addresses the support structures in the regions surrounding two European Universities, the University of Twente (UT) in the Netherlands and the University of Linkoping in Sweden, with an established track record in spinning out high‐tech companies. This paper details programmes and activities undertaken by the Universities in an effort t...
Around the same time as the first enquires into international entrepreneurship began, interest arose in the study of the networking dimension within entrepreneurship (Hoang and Antonic, 2003). From social network theory, the entrepreneurial process involves accumulating scarce resources, building reputation, finding partners and attracting clients,...
Berry College 1 and Nikos, U. of Twente 2 585 Abstract Many high tech knowledge intensive entrepreneurial firms tend to focus on their technological capabilities and to develop products that are typically taken to the market using a "push" strategy. In doing so, the firm and its downstream value-chain members push their technology into the marketpl...
In deze bijdrage staat de verhouding tussen de universiteit en het MKB ten aanzien van kennistransfer centraal. Ondanks vele overheidssubsidies blijven er barrières bestaan die de samenwerking belemmeren. Deze belemmeringen zijn van institutionele, structurele en waarderingsaard. De maatstaven die universiteiten hanteren ten aanzien van het werk va...
This chapter tells the development story of Waleli, a high-tech company utilizing the latest proven developments in wireless communications to bring innovations to the market. It presents the journey of the firm through the entrepreneurial process, from initial idea right through to value creation. Furthermore, it looks at the roles and origins of...
This book offers various examples for teaching and learning entrepreneurship in academia. Readers gain insight into the real work and experience of entrepreneurship educators from universities and business schools across Europe, especially from Northern Europe. The practice-oriented case studies also highlight the different, sometimes country-depen...
This paper addresses the question of how organisations can foster high technology businesses in an incubation-type environment. We compare the approaches taken by a large private firm with a successful University entrepreneurial program to outline successful elements in creating a successful high tech business incubation environment. By outlining s...
