Entrepreneurial Universities in Innovation-Seeking Countries

Marina Dabi? is Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and Nottingham Business School-NTU, UK. She is the editor of five book series on entrepreneurship in universities and has guest-edited several special issues on innovation, HRM, and transfer technology. She has widely published in international business management science journals and has received grants for several EU-funded projects.Jadranka Švarc is Senior Research Fellow at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Croatia. She is an expert in science and innovation policy in transition countries and has been Head of the Department for the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on socio-economic and cultural aspects of the knowledge society, innovation system, and research policy and she has published over 40 scientific articles. Miguel González-Loureiro is Assistant Professor of International Business and Strategic Management atthe University of Vigo, Spain. His research interests are the intersection between the strategy of survival-growth, internationalization, entrepreneurship, innovation and intangible management. He has published over 30 scientific articles and has guest-edited special issues in the field of strategy and intangible management.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of Case StudiesPrefaceAcknowledgementsExecutive Summary1.Towards a New University Paradigm2.Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Universities: From the First Industrial Revolution to Knowledge Economy3.Critics of University-Industry Interaction and Commercial Application of Science4.Theories of Transition in Scientific Systems5.Activities of Entrepreneurial Universities6.Assessment of the Entrepreneurial University Concept Among Croatian and Spanish Academics7.Entrepreneurial University in Innovation Seeking Countries: Lessons Learned8.Outlooks and Conclusions on Entrepreneurial Universities in Innovation Seeking CountriesReferencesAbout the AuthorsIndex