University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Audretsch, David (Editor), Lehmann, Erik (Editor), Meoli, Michele (Editor), Vismara, Silvio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, 32
• Subjects: Business.; Entrepreneurship.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Business and Management.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; R & D/Technology Policy.

This book aims to bring together different contributions highlighting how the recent changes that modify universities’ activities, such as the necessity to internationalize and crucially rely on third party funding, and the new entrepreneurial trajectories stemming from the recent economic-financial...

Table of Contents:

• Academic Entrepreneurs
• Academic Spin-offs
• University-Industry Interactions
• The Role of the Regional Context
• The Role of Universities
• Technology and Innovation
• Finance and Innovation.