Management Decision: Volume 57 Issue 12

Strategic knowledge management models and tools for entrepreneurial universities

Giustina Secundo, Giovanni Schiuma, Paul Jones

Knowledge management in entrepreneurial universities: A structured literature review and avenue for future research agenda

Giustina Secundo, Valentina Ndou, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Gianluigi De Pascale

The purpose of this paper is to review and critique the knowledge management (KM) literature within Entrepreneurial universities, providing an overview of the state of research…

University–industry collaborations: an industry perspective

Ferran Giones

The engagement with industry actors is a key element in the transition towards an entrepreneurial university model. The purpose of this paper is to explore the university–industry…

Strategic knowledge management within subsidised entrepreneurial university-industry partnerships

Maribel Guerrero, Fernando Herrera, David Urbano

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how collaborative/opportunistic behaviours within subsidised university-industry partnerships are influencing the design/implementation of…

The mediating role of knowledge exploration and exploitation for the development of an entrepreneurial university

Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito, Shashi Shashi

The modern knowledge-based economy acknowledges the role of the third mission of universities related to the process of knowledge transfer as a driving force to face…

Industry and leadership experiences of the heads of departments and their impact on the performance of public universities

Robert Rybnicek, Karl-Heinz Leitner, Lisa Baumgartner, Julia Plakolm

The purpose of this paper is to identify whether the prior industry experience (IE) or industry leadership experience (ILE) of the head might influence the department’s…

Entrepreneurial academics: a taxonomy with Latent Profile Analysis

Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues, João J.M. Ferreira, Teresa Felgueira

The need for dynamic and innovative skills and the importance of resources and individuals in pursuit of new opportunities prove to be extremely vital for the higher education…

Linking entrepreneurial orientation to SMEs’ performance: Implications for entrepreneurship universities

Francisco Javier Alvarez-Torres, Gabriela Citlalli Lopez-Torres, Giovanni Schiuma

The purpose of this paper is to measure the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim is to…

Entrepreneurial universities and strategy: the case of the University of Bari

Rosa Lombardi, Maurizio Massaro, John Dumay, Fabio Nappo

The purpose of this paper is to investigate why entrepreneurial universities choose a particular business strategy focussing on diversification and multi-nationalisation, and the…

The role and function of cooperative research centers in entrepreneurial universities: A micro level perspective

Brendan Dolan, James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, Caroline McGregor

The purpose of this paper is a micro-level examination of the role and function of cooperative research centers (CRCs) in entrepreneurial universities from a principal…

Entrepreneurial university strategies in the UK context: towards a research agenda

David Pickernell, Alessio Ishizaka, Shuangfa Huang, Julienne Senyard

Prior research shows that universities differ in the knowledge exchange (KE) activities they pursue, but little is known about universities’ strategies regarding their portfolio…

Entrepreneurial activities and models of advanced European science and technology universities

Riccardo Ricci, Alessandra Colombelli, Emilio Paolucci

The purpose of this paper is threefold. It is aimed at identifying: a broad set of entrepreneurial activities; different university entrepreneurial models; and the entrepreneurial…

Analyzing technology transfer offices’ influence for entrepreneurial universities in Portugal

Carla Mascarenhas, Carla S.E. Marques, Anderson R. Galvão, Daniela Carlucci, Pedro F. Falcão, Fernando A.F. Ferreira

The purpose of this paper is to examine how important technology transfer offices (TTOs) – which in Portuguese are called “industrial property support offices” or GAPIs – are in…

Ranking factors influencing strategic management of university business incubators with ANP

Reza Kiani Mavi, Hamed Gheibdoust, Ahmad A. Khanfar, Neda Kiani Mavi

Universities play a central role in scientific development and progress in societies, so, the need for supporting new businesses in universities becomes very important that…