Entrepreneurial University Archetypes: A Meta-Synthesis of Case Study Literature
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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
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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 -