Description
| Product ID: | 9783110670165 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | De Gruyter Studies in Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems |
| Title: | Universities, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, and Sustainability |
| Authors: | Author: Cristina Fernandes, Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas, Joao J. Ferreira |
| Page Count: | 387 |
| Subjects: | Higher education, tertiary education, Universities, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Entrepreneurship, Business & the environment, ‘Green’ approaches to business |
| Description: | This volume provides a better understanding of universities and their entrepreneurial characteristics and of the ways in which they participate in an ecosystem that is important for business and industry transformation as well as how they function w This volume presents theoretical and empirical research on universities and their entrepreneurial ecosystems to better grasp the connections between universities and their surrounding environments and their engagement with sustainability. The book provides a better understanding of the entrepreneurial characteristics of universities. It examines the ways in which universities'' collaboration and participation in an ecosystem support business and industry transformation. It also investigates how universities function within the university/industry/government/third sector relationship nexus. The book enables the systematisation of the literature while simultaneously builds theory, empirically testing existing theories, and contributes towards a future research agenda geared towards sustainability. The book gathers contributions from varied geographical contexts providing an international perspective. |
| Imprint Name: | De Gruyter |
| Publisher Name: | De Gruyter |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-06 |
