Transformation of educational structures: university as an entrepreneurial organization

Design and Psychometrics of an Assessment Tool for University Characteristics as a Learning Organization from the perspective of Educational Leaders

Introduction: Universities as learning organizations are places for transcendence, teaching, research and offering knowledge. The aim of this study was to design and assess psychometric properties of an assessment tool for university characteristics as a learning organization from the perspective of educational leaders. Methods: This mixed methods research was performed on faculty members of Te...

An Entrepreneurial Theory of Economic Organization

Recent work links entrepreneurship to the economic theory of firm using the Knightian concept of entrepreneurship as judgment. When judgment is complementary to other assets, and these assets or their services are traded in well-functioning markets, it makes sense for entrepreneurs to hire labor and own assets. The entrepreneur’s role, then, is to arrange or organize the human and capital asset...

Nexus : Towards an Entrepreneurial University of Technology

The aim of this article is to present a possible teaching-research-innovation synergy framework that may work for one University of Technology (UoT) that is moving towards becoming an entrepreneurial university in order to bring about practical solutions for the socio-economic needs of the surrounding communities. A literature review was undertaken to interrogate the possibility of applying the...

Quality as Transformation: Educational Metamorphosis

The University Spin - out Process : Career Transformation through the Practice of Entrepreneurial Identity

The purpose of this paper is to examine in depth the nature and extent of identity work carried out by a PhD engineer involved in various phases of high tech university spin-out (USO) activity. The paper commences with a discussion, where firstly, it is established that the creation of a USO presents challenges to career development for engineering researchers which can hinder the spin-out proc...