Increasing knowledge through cooperation: How can entrepreneurial universities establish an effective culture of cooperation?
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Entrepreneurial Universities: Technology and Knowledge Transfer. ed. / James Cunningham; Maribel Guerrero; David Urbano. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2017. p. 223-264 (The World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship ; Vol. 1).
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T1 - Increasing knowledge through cooperation
T2 - How can entrepreneurial universities establish an effective culture of cooperation?
AU - Pötschke, Ivonne
AU - Müller, Romina
AU - Horstmann, David
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - University-business cooperation is important to strengthen the innovative capacity of the economy. Until recently, universities where rather hesitant to engage with local business but with recent changes in the higher education landscape, universities have started to become more "entrepreneurial." Therefore, little is yet known about critical success factors for the establishment of these new ties and cultures of cooperation. For the purpose of this study, one German university who strives to become more entrepreneurial by working more closely with local business was chosen as a case study. We analyzed the main factors for a sustainable cooperation in an established network for innovation and transfer as a concrete example of university-business cooperation. Using a mixed-methodology approach a quantitative survey of the participating partners as well as qualitative case studies was conducted to measure the success of this cooperation through knowledge transfer and to gain insights in the success factors. We identified three relevant factors: knowledge management, cultural integration, and relationship management. Personal attributes of network members emerged as another important factor as a kind of precondition to engage in university-business cooperation.
AB - University-business cooperation is important to strengthen the innovative capacity of the economy. Until recently, universities where rather hesitant to engage with local business but with recent changes in the higher education landscape, universities have started to become more "entrepreneurial." Therefore, little is yet known about critical success factors for the establishment of these new ties and cultures of cooperation. For the purpose of this study, one German university who strives to become more entrepreneurial by working more closely with local business was chosen as a case study. We analyzed the main factors for a sustainable cooperation in an established network for innovation and transfer as a concrete example of university-business cooperation. Using a mixed-methodology approach a quantitative survey of the participating partners as well as qualitative case studies was conducted to measure the success of this cooperation through knowledge transfer and to gain insights in the success factors. We identified three relevant factors: knowledge management, cultural integration, and relationship management. Personal attributes of network members emerged as another important factor as a kind of precondition to engage in university-business cooperation.
KW - Entrepreneurship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019870364&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9874
U2 - 10.1142/9789813220591_0008
DO - 10.1142/9789813220591_0008
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
AN - SCOPUS:85019870364
SN - 978-981-4733-39-7
T3 - The World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship
SP - 223
EP - 264
BT - Entrepreneurial Universities: Technology and Knowledge Transfer
A2 - Cunningham, James
A2 - Guerrero, Maribel
A2 - Urbano, David
PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
CY - New Jersey
ER -