Jan Boehm

Entrepreneurial Orientation in Academia (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Entrepreneurial firms and new venture creation are important drivers for economic growth. Hence, emphasis is put on the question how to adequately stimulate and s- port new business creation. The corresponding discussion has not excluded academic organisations such as universities - quite the contrary. In Germany, this discussion was intensified by changes in the Employee Invention Act (Arbeitnehmererfinder- setz), which now obliges researchers to report an invention to the sponsoring univ- sity, which in return has to decide how the invention it will be exploited. Sub- quently, inventions and patents have emerged as a attractive economic resource for universities. This explains why university administrators have great interest in und- standing how the creative and entrepreneurial orientation of researchers or entire - search teams can be controlled, steered, and enhanced. The discussion we are having in Germany today began in the US more than 20 years ago. With the Bayh-Dole-Act of 1980, a shift in the allocation of property took place similar to the introduction of the Employee Invention Act in Germany today. In ad- tion, the notion of entrepreneurial activities in the context of research organisations has a long-lasting tradition in the US, and the current German system could learn a lot from understanding these developments. This has been the motive for Jan Boehm to look deeper into the field of entrepren- rial orientation in academia, in particular in the US.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Gabler
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783835055728
• Artikelnr.: 37400434

Autorenporträt

Dr. Jan Boehm promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Malte Brettel am Lehrstuhl Wirtschaftswissenschaften für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler der RWTH Aachen. Er ist als Director Financial Institutions Group bei der Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt tätig.

Inhaltsangabe

Context and Definitions.- Theoretical Framework and Literature Review.- Conceptual Model and Hypotheses.- Methodology.- Data Collection and Analysis.- Results and Discussion.- Conclusion.

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From the contents:
positioning, definitions, role of U.S. universities for technology transfer, Theoretical framework and literature overview, Conceptual model and hypotheses: overview, structural model and derivation of hypotheses, development of measurement model and operationalization of indicators, Methodology, data collection and analysis, Object of observation and informant, Impact of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions