The Composition of University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Academic Entrepreneurship: A UK Study

Daniel Prokop

Chapter 4 in Trends in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research:Ecosystems, Digital Technologies and Responses to Shocks, 2023, pp 79-101 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This paper examines the link between the composition of university entrepreneurial ecosystems and performance of higher education institutions (HEIs) in academic entrepreneurship, specifically founding academic spinoff companies. The paper studies a sample of 160 UK HEIs and their university entrepreneurial ecosystems related to formation of 784 academic spinoffs. It employs social network analysis (SNA) to inspect the composition and connections between university entrepreneurial ecosystems. It finds that HEIs based in better developed university entrepreneurial ecosystems are associated with formation of greater numbers of academic spinoff companies. The best performing ecosystems are based in the Greater South East region. It is concluded that policymakers need to recognize the importance of the composition of the university entrepreneurial ecosystems and the role it plays in academic entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research; Digital Technologies; Ecosystems; Sextuple Helix; Solar PV Industry; Academic Entrepreneurship; Digital Transformation; Global Diffusion of Innovation; Marketplace Platform; Future Crises; Industry Technology Transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O32 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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