Mats Benner
Professor
The entrepreneurial orientation in the transformation of universities
Author
Summary, in English
Universities are a relevant and little-explored context to the study of strategic action, considering their need to adapt to environmental dynamics and establish a closer relationship with society. This study contributes to shedding light on how the changing process from a traditional university model to a more entrepreneurial model takes place. Thus, this study aims to analyze the role played by the universities' strategic management to the establishment of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in the academic environment. For this sake, we did a multiple case study focusing on managers' decisions at the strategic level. The selected cases are three universities, two in Brazil and one in Sweden, recognized for their academic entrepreneurship approach in their environments. Based on these cases, the study reveals the influence of top-management decisions for the establishment of EO and how traditional institutions can pursue an entrepreneurial university model. The results emphasize the key role played by the universities' strategic management in establishing EO, through different levels of participation, but with recurrent behaviors in the implementation of the third academic mission.
Department/s
- Research Policy
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Pages
255-277
Publication/Series
Brazilian Business Review
Volume
18
Issue
3
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
FUCAPE Business School
Topic
- Business Administration
Keywords
- Entrepreneurial orientation
- Entrepreneurial university
- Strategic management
- Third academic mission
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1808-2386