Universities and industrially relevant science: Towards measurement models and indicators of entrepreneurial orientation |
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| Authors: | Robert JW Tijssen |
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| Institution: | aCentre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Which university departments engaged in industrially relevant science are likely candidates to become entrepreneurial? At present, there are neither measurement models nor leading indicators that can answer such questions at an international comparative level. This paper introduces concepts, theory, and a measurement model for identifying (the early stages of) a university's enterpreneurial orientation within a quantitative analytical framework. This approach focuses specifically on university–industry interactions, in which the connectivity between academic science and industrial research is captured and measured empirically in terms of (1) public–private co-authored research articles, and (2) references (‘citations’) within corporate research articles to university research articles.The paper examines a range of country-level and institutional determinants of industrially relevant science, across 18 research areas of significant industrial interest, and at two different levels of analysis: research systems of OECD countries, and large sets of research universities within those countries. The results of these large-scale analyses, along with those of a case study dealing with European universities active in the field of immunology research, suggest that many structural factors determine university–industry interactions and (the potential for) entrepreneurial orientation. The two connectivity indicators appear to be of minor significance compared to a university's country of location and the magnitude of its research activities in industrially relevant fields of science. |
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| Keywords: | University entrepreneurial orientation Stage model Knowledge spillovers University– industry linkages Research performance indicators |
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