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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454302503321

Titolo

Entrepreneurialism in universities and the knowledge economy [[electronic resource] ] : diversification and organizational change in European higher education / / edited by Michael Shattock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-96476-X

9786611964764

0-335-23570-0

0-335-23769-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

SRHE and Open University Press imprint

Altri autori (Persone)

ShattockMichael

Disciplina

378.4

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship - Europe

Universities and colleges - Europe

Universities and colleges - Europe - Administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"UNESCO; International Institute for Educational Planning."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-title; Series editor page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Tables and figures; Preface; Chapter 1: Entrepreneurialism and organizational change in higher education; Chapter 2: Finance and entrepreneurial activity in higher education in a knowledge society; Chapter 3: Research, technology, and knowledge transfer; Chapter 4: Teaching and learning: an entrepreneurial perspective; Chapter 5: Human resource management and the generation of entrepreneurialism

Chapter 6: Governance, organizational change, and entrepreneurialism: is theren a connection?Chapter 7: Entrepreneurialism and private higher education in Europe; Chapter 8: Entrepreneurialism and the internationalization of higher education in a knowledge society; Chapter 9: Impediments, inhibitors, and barriers to university entrepreneurialism; Chapter 10: The dilemmas of the changing university; Chapter 11: Entrepreneurialism and the knowledge economy



in Europe: some conclusions; Appendix 1: A statistical overview; Appendix 2: EUEREK case studies and case study authors; Bibliography; Index

Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

How entrepreneurial are European universities? Perhaps more than is generally realised. What are the factors that encourage entrepreneurialism to flourish in research, technology transfer, teaching, regional engagement and internationalization? How do different kinds of HEIs - comprehensive, specialist, regional or private - address these issues? What are the conditions which stimulate or inhibit the 'academic entrepreneur'? And in what forms does entrepreneurialism contribute to the knowledge economy? This book, which is the product of a major EU funded research programme and is based on twen