The future of the university and the university of the future: evolution of ivory tower to entrepreneurial paradigm

H Etzkowitz, A Webster, C Gebhardt, B R C Terra

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Abstract

This article examines recent developments in the role of the university in increasingly knowledge-based societies. Deploying the triple helix model (of academic-industry-government relations) recently developed elsewhere an emergent entrepreneurial paradigm is outlined in which the university plays an enhanced role in technological innovation. Governments encourage this academic transition as an economic development strategy that also reflects changes in the relationship between knowledge producers and users. It appears that the 'entrepreneurial university' is a global phenomenon with an isomorphic developmental path, despite different starting points and modes of expression. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-330
Number of pages18
JournalResearch policy
Volume29
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2000

Keywords

  • triple helix
  • entrepreneurial university
  • knowledge dynamics
  • institutional development

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