Not seeing the forest for the trees? A systems approach to the entrepreneurial university

• Published in: Small business economics Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 1 - 24
• Main Authors: Wurth, Bernd, MacKenzie, Niall G., Howick, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Business and Management; Colleges & universities; Commercialization; Connectedness; Diagrams; Economic development; Entrepreneurship; Higher education; Industrial Organization; Innovations; Management; Microeconomics; Organizational behavior; Policy making; Research Article; Strategic planning; System theory; Systems approach; Teaching; Understanding; Academic entrepreneurship; Dynamic capabilities; Entrepreneurial universities; L140; System dynamics; O36; O340; Causal loop diagrams; I230; O310

The idea and practice of the entrepreneurial university has emerged in response to growing expectations of universities contributing to economic development and has, in turn, been subject to a growing body of research. However, much of the work is focused on individual activities or institutions, ty...