Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the new role that universities are assuming
as entrepreneurial entities supporting the development of regional innovation systems …

This paper investigates the reasons why entry per se is not necessarily good and the
evidence showing that innovative start-ups survive longer than their non-innovative …

The economics literature provides rich evidence on the convergence between the
institutional factors and individual-level characteristics influencing the involvement of …

Purpose: To identify the current research trends regarding knowledge transfer and the
university-business relationships during the period 2013-2016 in the journals indexed in ISI …

Universities face new challenges in the knowledge economy, due to two underlying
transformations. One is that universities have increasingly developed from bodies of …

In this study, we explore how the interplay of the quality of university regulations and
regional economic development impacts new patent applications and licensing agreements …

The article examines the effectiveness of instruments to promote technology transfer and
foster entrepreneurial innovation in Egypt where there are individual measures but no …

The academic systems of several countries are adapting to the consequences of
progressive cuts in public research funding and the increasing engagement of academics in …

Relationships between firms and universities have been centre stage for some time.
However, empirical studies on firms contracting research to universities remains limited. The …

In the UK, higher education is increasingly a marketised service sharing many
characteristics with other professional services such as legal, medical or financial services …