Understanding the Governance of the Engaged and Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a New Research and Policy Agenda

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Science-based entrepreneurship education as a means for university-industry technology transfer

“…Rasmussen and Wright (2015) state that the role of students in creating spin-offs is an under researched topic in the academic entrepreneurship literature. However, students do contribute to spin-off development, for instance through theses and projects related to the spin-off, and as founding team members or early employees (Blankesteijn et al 2019). Moreover, alumni often represent a strong industry network that can be drawn upon by universities and their academic entrepreneurs.…”

“…Universities have, in the last decades, started to reposition themselves in society. Keywords in their endeavors to do so are 'valorization' and 'entrepreneurship' (Blankesteijn et al 2019;van de Burgwal et al 2019). In order to 'valorize' their findings -turning scientific knowledge and technological inventions into commercial and societal value -academic researchers in a growing number of universities increasingly develop a new identity as academic entrepreneurs (Rothaermel et al 2007;Morales-Gualdrón et al 2009;Philpott et al 2011;Leloux et al 2013;Audretsch 2014;Sam and van der Sijde 2014;Wright 2014;Schmitz et al 2017).…”