TY - JOUR

T1 - Entrepreneurial University Archetypes:

T2 - A Meta-Synthesis of Case Study Literature

AU - Bronstein Bejerano, Johann

AU - Reihlen, Markus

PY - 2014/8/1

Y1 - 2014/8/1

N2 - Most research on the entrepreneurial university is case-studybased. While this helps us to understand specific characteristics ofparticular cases, integrative studies that build on cumulated knowledgehave yet to be conducted. This study aims to synthesize existing researchand to generate archetypes of the entrepreneurial university byconducting a qualitative meta-synthesis of the empirical literature. Theunderlying assumption of this research is that there is no single model orbest type of the entrepreneurial university. Nevertheless, the authorsexpect to see entrepreneurial universities converge into a few distinctarchetypes that display similar organizational attributes. As primary datasources, they use twenty-seven case studies on entrepreneurialuniversities, which are synthesized into four empirically groundedarchetypes: ‘Research-preneurial’ or research driven; ‘Techni-preneurial’or industry driven; ‘Inno-preneurial’ or service innovation driven; and‘Commerce-preneurial’ or knowledge commercialization driven. Thismeta-synthesis provides a taxonomy of various structures, strategies andresources that characterize entrepreneurial universities, serving as aconceptual framework for a heterogeneous body of literature.

AB - Most research on the entrepreneurial university is case-studybased. While this helps us to understand specific characteristics ofparticular cases, integrative studies that build on cumulated knowledgehave yet to be conducted. This study aims to synthesize existing researchand to generate archetypes of the entrepreneurial university byconducting a qualitative meta-synthesis of the empirical literature. Theunderlying assumption of this research is that there is no single model orbest type of the entrepreneurial university. Nevertheless, the authorsexpect to see entrepreneurial universities converge into a few distinctarchetypes that display similar organizational attributes. As primary datasources, they use twenty-seven case studies on entrepreneurialuniversities, which are synthesized into four empirically groundedarchetypes: ‘Research-preneurial’ or research driven; ‘Techni-preneurial’or industry driven; ‘Inno-preneurial’ or service innovation driven; and‘Commerce-preneurial’ or knowledge commercialization driven. Thismeta-synthesis provides a taxonomy of various structures, strategies andresources that characterize entrepreneurial universities, serving as aconceptual framework for a heterogeneous body of literature.

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Management studies

KW - archetype theory

KW - case study meta-synthesis

KW - configuration theory

KW - entrepreneurial university

KW - grounded theory

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977512753&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5367/ihe.2014.0210

DO - 10.5367/ihe.2014.0210

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 28

SP - 245

EP - 262

JO - Industry and Higher Education

JF - Industry and Higher Education

SN - 0950-4222

IS - 4

ER -