Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
Research Into the Concept of Enterpreneurial University and Institutional Factors of its Activity
Kamenskikh M.A.
Abstract
Abstract. Nowadays innovation development moves to the regional level and questions connected with the generation and commercialization of new knowledge gain an increasing importance. Thereof universities as sources of basic and applied research change and start playing an important role in the innovative system. These tendencies find reflection in the concept of entrepreneurial university. It is necessary to consider the existing theoretical approaches to the definition of the concept “entrepreneurial university” on the basis of the analysed Russian and foreign literature; to define the essence of entrepreneurial university and the role that it plays in economic development. It is necessary to reveal the main directions and to define external and internal institutional factors of the activity of entrepreneurial universities. This study uses a systemic approach and accumulates a wide range of theoretical definitions of the concept “entrepreneurial university”. A hierarchical approach is used to carrying out the analysis of institutional factors and creation of a conceptual model of institutional factors of entrepreneurial universities activity. The analysis of the existing approaches to the concept of “entrepreneurial university” is carried out, the main activities and institutional factors having impact on the activity of entrepreneurial universities are revealed. The necessity of developing entrepreneurial universities within cluster and network collaboration in the region is also defined. On the basis of the conducted research it is possible to proceed with follow-up works on the formation of a uniform complex definition of the concept of “entrepreneurial university”, expansion of the set of institutional factors that determine the activity of entrepreneurial universities. Continuation of the research is possible in the sphere of development of a technique of the assessment of th activity of entrepreneurial universities and ways of transition from the traditional university to entrepreneurial ones.
Keywords
Key words: entrepreneurial university; region; cluster-network collaboration; institutional factors; transformation.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2016.15.3.22
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