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'Clearly, HEIs are discovering their innovative and entrepreneurial
potential to reply to the society's distinct need for them to have
a more entrepreneurial role, namely in innovation. This book
succeeds in discussing the theme from an interdisciplinary
perspective. For that reason, this book will be of help to
practitioners in university management roles and policy-makers as
well as anyone researching this theme and teaching entrepreneurship
in HEIs.' - Nuno Fernandes Crespo, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
'This book offers educators, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and
researchers significant and practical implications. After reading
the book, we can conclude that the different experiences described
by authors on the academic tools and educational methods can be
generalized in many other universities around the world, in both
developed and developing countries.' - Waleed Omri, EDC Paris
Business School, France 'Edited by four leading researchers,
Entrepreneurial Universities provides innovative insights into how
universities are contributing to the emergence of an
entrepreneurial ecosystem that is both redefining universities
themselves and shaping society. It is an important book for all
those interested in how universities are reinventing themselves in
a time of profound societal transformation.' - Tim Marjoribanks,
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 'Universities are
called to be more and more entrepreneurial - that is innovative,
proactive and risk-taking - to promote regional development and
economic growth. As a Professor working in two of the most
entrepreneurial Italian universities, I benefited from reading this
book. I consequently recommend it to all my colleagues to guide
their strategic choices and their daily activities.' - Salvatore
Sciascia, IULM University and Cattaneo University, Italy With an
increasing focus on the knowledge and service economies, it is
important to understand the role that entrepreneurial universities
play through collaboration in policy and, in turn, the impact they
have on policy. The authors evaluate how universities engage with
communities while also balancing stakeholder considerations, and
explore how universities should be managed in the future to
integrate into global society effectively. The book reflects the
internationalisation of entrepreneurial universities with examples
from Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Malaysia, India, Poland,
Portugal, Spain and the UK. Each chapter identifies the differing
cultural influences and how changes in policy approaches mean
universities are constantly evolving. The authors also look into
how culture influences entrepreneurship education, and in turn how
culture affects the initiatives of policy-makers. With a focus on
enhancing entrepreneurial opportunities, universities are shown to
respond by creating effective initiatives that benefit the wider
community through successful collaboration with institutions. The
book identifies the close working relationship between new
government policies and developing entrepreneurial universities.
Researchers, policy analysts and students of entrepreneurship
education, education management and policy will find this book a
useful supplementary read for understanding the future role of
universities.
This book is about the role of knowledge spillovers and strategic
entrepreneurship in the management context. It focuses on how
knowledge spillovers and strategic entrepreneurship are crucial to
the process of creative destruction and construction. The book aims
to provide insights into and discussion on how firms combine
entrepreneurial action that creates new opportunities for
industries, regions and economies. This book is first of its kind
to link knowledge management perspectives to strategic
entrepreneurship to understand the co-creation process. Being
interdisciplinary in nature, this book appeals to entrepreneurship
and knowledge management scholars, students and practitioners.
This book contains an Open Access chapter The continued rise of the
digital age and its radical innovation activities compel us to
reconceptualize how entrepreneurial ventures and other
organizations use various technologies to grow, evolve, and
perform. How do the boldest entrepreneurship theories assist in
this reconceptualization? Entrepreneurship has been heralded for
decades as a revolutionary movement within the domain of business
theory and practice. If so, then what are the most powerful and
significant aspects of this entrepreneurial revolution?
Bleeding-edge Entrepreneurship illuminates new possibilities,
expanding entrepreneurship's massive potential to create unexplored
physical and virtual realms. The contributors are worldwide experts
in technology-enabled entrepreneurship and social enterprise. The
chapters cover a wide range of entrepreneurial phenomena, theories,
and practices. Delineating the very best practices for venture
performance in the world's most progressive realms, illustrating
the nature of impact in extreme uncertainty, and shaping public
policy regarding all these activities, Bleeding-edge
Entrepreneurship is required reading for practitioners and
academics in all fields of business, but especially those who are
interested in entrepreneurship. Contemporary Issues in
Entrepreneurship Research is an official book series of the
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Each
volume is designed around a specific theme of importance to the
entrepreneurship and small business community with articles
collectively exploring and developing theory and practice in the
field.
This book discusses the importance of innovation and
entrepreneurial ecosystems in supporting regional competitiveness.
It also encourages academics, business professionals and
policy-makers to rethink innovation ecosystems as drivers of
regional competitiveness, demonstrating the complex interactions
between regional economic and social actors, and their impact on
regional competitiveness. Further, the book examines the role of
entrepreneurship and innovation policies in different regions (e.g.
lagging regions, rural regions, etc.), and describes critical
success factors in multi-level technologies and innovation policies
and strategies.
This book discusses the importance of innovation and
entrepreneurial ecosystems in supporting regional competitiveness.
It also encourages academics, business professionals and
policy-makers to rethink innovation ecosystems as drivers of
regional competitiveness, demonstrating the complex interactions
between regional economic and social actors, and their impact on
regional competitiveness. Further, the book examines the role of
entrepreneurship and innovation policies in different regions (e.g.
lagging regions, rural regions, etc.), and describes critical
success factors in multi-level technologies and innovation policies
and strategies.
The book aims to collect the most recent research and best
practices in the cooperative and networking small business field
identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship
between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy
context. It examines different concepts and analytical techniques
better understand the links between cooperative strategies and
networks in small business. It also studies the existing economic
conditions of network and strategic implications to small business
from the point of view of their internal and external consistency.
Cooperation and networks is a fashionable topic. It is receiving
increasing attention in popular management publications, as well as
specialized academic journals. Cooperation between firms and
industries is a means of leveraging and aggregating knowledge also
generating direct benefits in terms of innovation, productivity and
competitiveness. Various options and decisions made within the
framework of strategic alliances may be identified and
differentiated. For example, it has been argued that R&D
cooperation between competing firms also facilitates the search for
incremental efficiency gains and is thus a competitive advantage.
In parallel with a theoretical acceptance of the importance of a
sustained competitive advantage to formulate strategy, there is a
growing understanding that cooperative and networking behavior
among small firms is at the root of many success stories in today's
small business management. This condition requires an effort to
develop a study of both aspects of cooperation and networks as
compatible, complementary facets of a unique reality. In short, the
cooperative and networking relationships of a small business can be
the source of its competitive advantage. Enhancement of local
resources and capabilities for the generation and dissemination of
knowledge is still an issue for defining public policies in many
countries.Featuring contributions covering such topics as green
innovation, social commerce, university cooperation networks, and
regional entrepreneurship, this book provides a comprehensive and
richly illustrated study of cooperation and networks in small
business that will be pertinent to students, academics,
professionals, scholars, and policy makers.
This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and
trends involving the interactions between academia, industry,
government and society. Specifically, it aims to explore how these
interactions enhance the ways in which companies deliver products
and services in order to achieve sustainable competitiveness in the
marketplace. Sustainable competitiveness has been widely discussed
by academics and practitioners, considering the importance of
protecting the environment while sustaining the economic goals of
organizations. The Quintuple Helix innovation model is a framework
for facilitating knowledge, innovation and sustainable competitive
advantage. It embeds the Triple and the Quadruple Helix models by
adding a fifth helix, the "natural environment." The Triple Helix
model focuses on the university-industry-government triad, while
the Quadruple adds civil society (the media- and culture-driven
public) as a fourth helix. The Quintuple Helix model facilitates
research, public policy, and practical application of sustainable
competitiveness principles. Applying the most recent developments
and theoretical insights of this model, the contributors to this
volume address such questions as: how do government, academia,
industry and civil society actors interact for promoting
sustainable competitiveness at the country (regional) level? How do
these actors influence sustainable operations management at the
company (business) level? In so doing, they shed new light on the
dynamics of economic growth, sustainability and competitiveness.
The book aims to collect the most recent research and best
practices in the cooperative and networking small business field
identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship
between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy
context. It examines different concepts and analytical techniques
better understand the links between cooperative strategies and
networks in small business. It also studies the existing economic
conditions of network and strategic implications to small business
from the point of view of their internal and external consistency.
Cooperation and networks is a fashionable topic. It is receiving
increasing attention in popular management publications, as well as
specialized academic journals. Cooperation between firms and
industries is a means of leveraging and aggregating knowledge also
generating direct benefits in terms of innovation, productivity and
competitiveness. Various options and decisions made within the
framework of strategic alliances may be identified and
differentiated. For example, it has been argued that R&D
cooperation between competing firms also facilitates the search for
incremental efficiency gains and is thus a competitive advantage.
In parallel with a theoretical acceptance of the importance of a
sustained competitive advantage to formulate strategy, there is a
growing understanding that cooperative and networking behavior
among small firms is at the root of many success stories in today's
small business management. This condition requires an effort to
develop a study of both aspects of cooperation and networks as
compatible, complementary facets of a unique reality. In short, the
cooperative and networking relationships of a small business can be
the source of its competitive advantage. Enhancement of local
resources and capabilities for the generation and dissemination of
knowledge is still an issue for defining public policies in many
countries.Featuring contributions covering such topics as green
innovation, social commerce, university cooperation networks, and
regional entrepreneurship, this book provides a comprehensive and
richly illustrated study of cooperation and networks in small
business that will be pertinent to students, academics,
professionals, scholars, and policy makers.
This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and
trends involving the interactions between academia, industry,
government and society. Specifically, it aims to explore how these
interactions enhance the ways in which companies deliver products
and services in order to achieve sustainable competitiveness in the
marketplace. Sustainable competitiveness has been widely discussed
by academics and practitioners, considering the importance of
protecting the environment while sustaining the economic goals of
organizations. The Quintuple Helix innovation model is a framework
for facilitating knowledge, innovation and sustainable competitive
advantage. It embeds the Triple and the Quadruple Helix models by
adding a fifth helix, the "natural environment." The Triple Helix
model focuses on the university-industry-government triad, while
the Quadruple adds civil society (the media- and culture-driven
public) as a fourth helix. The Quintuple Helix model facilitates
research, public policy, and practical application of sustainable
competitiveness principles. Applying the most recent developments
and theoretical insights of this model, the contributors to this
volume address such questions as: how do government, academia,
industry and civil society actors interact for promoting
sustainable competitiveness at the country (regional) level? How do
these actors influence sustainable operations management at the
company (business) level? In so doing, they shed new light on the
dynamics of economic growth, sustainability and competitiveness.
This book is about the role of knowledge spillovers and strategic
entrepreneurship in the management context. It focuses on how
knowledge spillovers and strategic entrepreneurship are crucial to
the process of creative destruction and construction. The book aims
to provide insights into and discussion on how firms combine
entrepreneurial action that creates new opportunities for
industries, regions and economies. This book is first of its kind
to link knowledge management perspectives to strategic
entrepreneurship to understand the co-creation process. Being
interdisciplinary in nature, this book appeals to entrepreneurship
and knowledge management scholars, students and practitioners.
This volume presents theoretical and empirical research on
universities and their entrepreneurial ecosystems to better grasp
the connections between universities and their surrounding
environments and their engagement with sustainability. The book
provides a better understanding of the entrepreneurial
characteristics of universities. It examines the ways in which
universities' collaboration and participation in an ecosystem
support business and industry transformation. It also investigates
how universities function within the
university/industry/government/third sector relationship nexus. The
book enables the systematisation of the literature while
simultaneously builds theory, empirically testing existing
theories, and contributes towards a future research agenda geared
towards sustainability. The book gathers contributions from varied
geographical contexts providing an international perspective.
This book features international authors discussing the role of
entrepreneurship and innovation in the sports context. It focuses
on topics such as the role of entrepreneurial marketing in sport,
how technological innovation has changed the way sport is played
and viewed, the globalization of sport as a product and service,
the new types of sports that have emerged, athlete entrepreneurs
and their related business endeavors and how sport influences
innovation in other industries. The main themes of the book
include: 1) the development of sport entrepreneurship and
innovation, 2) entrepreneurship and sport, 3) innovation in sport,
4) internationalization and entrepreneurial behavior in sport, 5)
entrepreneurial sport marketing, 6) sport in entrepreneurial
universities and 7) the future for sport entrepreneurship and
innovation. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to
entrepreneurship, innovation and sport management scholars,
students and practitioners.
This book features international authors discussing the role of
entrepreneurship and innovation in the sports context. It focuses
on topics such as the role of entrepreneurial marketing in sport,
how technological innovation has changed the way sport is played
and viewed, the globalization of sport as a product and service,
the new types of sports that have emerged, athlete entrepreneurs
and their related business endeavors and how sport influences
innovation in other industries. The main themes of the book
include: 1) the development of sport entrepreneurship and
innovation, 2) entrepreneurship and sport, 3) innovation in sport,
4) internationalization and entrepreneurial behavior in sport, 5)
entrepreneurial sport marketing, 6) sport in entrepreneurial
universities and 7) the future for sport entrepreneurship and
innovation. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to
entrepreneurship, innovation and sport management scholars,
students and practitioners.
This volume explores the ways in which knowledge and innovation
impact business and economic sustainability, offering a
wide-ranging and richly illustrated study of knowledge, innovation
and sustainability of organizations from a dynamic capabilities
perspective. In organizational theory, dynamic capability is
defined as an organization's ability to react and adapt adequately
and rapidly to external change. In today's global economy, pursuing
sustainable strategies and practices is critical to organizational
success. Complying with externally and internally imposed
sustainability targets might initially appear as a restriction for
organizations; however, they can be transformed into a new set of
opportunities. This means that the classic ways in which management
absorbs the experiences associated with evolving conditions,
organizational frameworks and markets must be reconsidered in light
of the preservation of the technological, environmental and social
ecosystems. Featuring research and case studies from sectors such
as NGOs, SMEs, education and agriculture, this book offers
students, academics, practitioners and policymakers a multi-faceted
understanding of how and why knowledge, innovation and
sustainability are intricately linked-and offers insight into best
practices that balance organizational and societal needs.
This volume explores the ways in which knowledge and innovation
impact business and economic sustainability, offering a
wide-ranging and richly illustrated study of knowledge, innovation
and sustainability of organizations from a dynamic capabilities
perspective. In organizational theory, dynamic capability is
defined as an organization's ability to react and adapt adequately
and rapidly to external change. In today's global economy, pursuing
sustainable strategies and practices is critical to organizational
success. Complying with externally and internally imposed
sustainability targets might initially appear as a restriction for
organizations; however, they can be transformed into a new set of
opportunities. This means that the classic ways in which management
absorbs the experiences associated with evolving conditions,
organizational frameworks and markets must be reconsidered in light
of the preservation of the technological, environmental and social
ecosystems. Featuring research and case studies from sectors such
as NGOs, SMEs, education and agriculture, this book offers
students, academics, practitioners and policymakers a multi-faceted
understanding of how and why knowledge, innovation and
sustainability are intricately linked-and offers insight into best
practices that balance organizational and societal needs.
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