Entrepreneurial University: Catalyst for Regional Sustainable Development

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to identify collaboration opportunities between one of the most important universities in Romania and companies with production activity within the development region in which this university operates. In order to attain this goal, a survey was conducted to identify the needs of consultancy, expertise, and services for companies that operate in the Centru Development Region of Romania (RO12) and to evaluate the extent to which they are interested in cooperation with Transilvania University of Brasov. In this respect, 3506 companies were included in a panel and their managers were invited to take part in the survey. Finally, a sample of 457 companies was obtained. According to the survey results, the most used consulting services by these companies were the economic and financial ones, but the percentage of companies that have benefited from these services is low. The percentage of interviewed companies that have benefited so far from the consultancy offered by Transilvania University of Brasov is much lower (3.9%). Starting from the research results we proposed an entrepreneurial pilot model for online data analysis, based on the Tableau Public v. 2019.3 software, meant to help companies to do better promotion in order to develop their markets.

Implications of Entrepreneurial Intentions of Romanian Secondary Education Students, over the Romanian Business Market Development

“…The research is valuable because it generates motivation models that can be applied later in the field of human resources [46]. It has also been observed that entrepreneurial skills and intentions can be easily learned with the help of provided educational support that is based on practice, as Bratucu et al have shown [22]. In addition, since knowledge consolidation should not be ignored, the study by Yuan et al proves the usefulness of entrepreneurial education.…”

“…The inclusion of entrepreneurial training for students, the creation of business incubators, and student entrepreneurial societies represent, in the opinion of the authors, the chance to develop the universitystudent ensemble. The result, which is important for the future, is to provide young people with the necessary support to work in the entrepreneurial field [22]. However, brain migration, insufficient funding opportunities, and reduced entrepreneurial culture at the secondary level of education require radical policy measures to make the current state of affairs change more quickly.…”

An Analysis of the Entrepreneurial University in the Faculties of Education in Spain: Self-perception among Deans

“…Creating an Entrepreneurial University requires many years of cultural changes in organisations [7] and infrastructures; the implementation of flexible innovation policies [14]; the incorporation of entrepreneurship into the curricula of the different university degrees with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship among students and academics [12]; and joint work between faculties, departments and other structures to create synergies and links, and break down boundaries and traditional silos [32].…”

“…This depends on each university's ecosystem, background and tradition, size, and entrepreneurial culture [13]. Brătucu et al [14] argued that the entrepreneurial university is not homogeneous in all countries, as differences exist between European universities, which advocate the teaching mission, and American universities, which tend to favour research. As Pinheiro and Stensaker [15] and Salati, Brandão, Leite and Rücker [16] stated, universities in Europe have traditionally been seen to react poorly to demand.…”

An Analysis of the Entrepreneurial University in the Faculties of Education in Spain: Self-Perception among Deans

“…Creating an Entrepreneurial University requires many years of cultural changes in organisations [12] and infrastructures; the implementation of flexible innovation policies [19]; the incorporation of entrepreneurship into the curricula of the different university degrees with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship among students and academics [17]; and joint work between faculties, departments, and other structures to create synergies and links, and break down boundaries and traditional silos [46,47].…”