Beyond the Isomorphistic View of the Academic Entrepreneur; An empirical exploration of norms and values of knowledge dissemination of university scientists
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Leisyte, Liudvika
van der Steen, Marianne
Enders, Jurgen
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The paper contributes to the policy discussion on the new, entrepreneurial role of
universities in knowledge-based economies. Whereas most contributions on academic
entrepreneurship and knowledge-transfer focuses on the organizational and policy level, we focus on the micro norms, values and routines of knowledge dissemination of the
individual faculty members and question if, and to what extent, these are converging to
norms of entrepreneurial science.
In order to do so, we build on new empirical data, gathered between October 2005 and
January 2006. It concerns four biotechnology cases of basic research units at two research
universities in the Netherlands and two in the United Kingdom.
We conclude with policy implication and assess whether the micro level data is
congruent with the organizational convergence towards entrepreneurial universities in
knowledge-based economies.
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2008-09
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