Balancing centripetal and centrifugal forces in the entrepreneurial university: a study of 10 research centres in a technical university
Journal article, 2010
In the recent interest for the so-called entrepreneurial university, there is a strong emphasis on academic (i.e. theoretical) knowledge to be used more effectively as a source of innovation and renewal in industry. Drawing on a theoretical framework developed by the literature theorist Mikhail Bakhtin and a study of 10 research centres in a major technical university, this paper suggests that rather than representing something radically new, the entrepreneurial university is a domain wherein traditional academic research interests and industry objectives are continuously negotiated and mutually adjusted. Seen in this view, the entrepreneurial university is what is always in a process of becoming, in flux and change, continuously under the influence of opposing and complementary goals and objectives. Therefore, the entrepreneurial university is not a solid state or an entrenched position but the effect of an attitude towards the role and purpose of the university in the so-called knowledge society.
Mikhail Bakhtin
science
knowledge networks
mode-2
performance
Mode 2
centrifugal and centripetal forces
biotechnology
relevant research
entrepreneurial university
research
innovation
invention
determinants
scientists
Author
A. Styhre
Goteborgs Universitet
Frida Lind
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Industrial Marketing
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
0953-7325 (ISSN)
Vol. 22 8 909-924Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
DOI
10.1080/09537325.2010.520471