@inbook{407ff79302c44bcf917ba916653528ce,
title = "Theorizing the university governance role in entrepreneurial ecosystem",
abstract = "This chapter examines the role of higher education institutions among the various programmes, community and private sector initiatives within a regional milieu and specifically an entrepreneurial ecosystem. We use data collected from a set of sixteen interviews with service providers to the entrepreneurship community in Adelaide, Australia, to construct a framework of the perceived roles and contributions of the university sector to an entrepreneurial ecosystem. The contribution of this chapter relates to its focus on what universities are expected to contribute within a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. The findings suggest five specific roles for universities which opens a discussion around the strategic choices for university executive management in approaching regional engagement in economic development issues through contributions to entrepreneurship. We also discuss the issue of governance that arises through our analysis and the implications for place-based and regional entrepreneurial ecosystem development.",
keywords = "Economic Gardening, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship Education, Network Facilitator, Regional Milieu",
author = "O{\textquoteright}Connor, {Allan C.} and Gerard Reed",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer International Publishing AG.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-63531-6_5",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319635309",
series = "International Studies in Entrepreneurship",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "1--20",
editor = "{ O'Connor}, { Allan} and Stam, {Erik } and Sussan, {Fiona } and {B. Audretsch}, {David }",
booktitle = "Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Place-based transformations and transitions",
address = "Netherlands",
edition = "1",
}
