The multiple faces of the entrepreneurial university: a review of the prevailing theoretical approaches

Elvira Cerver Romero (), Joao Ferreira and Cristina I. Fernandes ()
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Elvira Cerver Romero: Universidad de Valencia
Cristina I. Fernandes: University of Beira Interior

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2021, vol. 46, issue 4, No 12, 1173-1195

Abstract: Abstract The importance and the definition of an entrepreneurial university (EU), together with the factors that lead to its existence, have been widely discussed in the literature. Moreover, in recent years, the EU has also been the target of some public policies. This study aims to identify the different theoretical approaches to entrepreneurial universities prevalent in the literature. Using information from the Web of Science database, we performed a co-citation bibliometric analysis, which made it possible to identify six distinct EU approaches: the triple helix model, the knowledge society model, the global perspective, the researcher-entrepreneur model, the dual personality approach, and also a frenzied approach.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial university; Knowledge transfer; University spin-off; Triple helix; Bibliometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s10961-020-09815-4

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