Theorizing the university governance role in entrepreneurial ecosystem

Allan C. O’Connor; Gerard Reed

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63531-6_5

Theorizing the university governance role in entrepreneurial ecosystem

Allan C. O’Connor
, Gerard Reed

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Place-based transformations and transitions
Editors	Allan O'Connor, Erik Stam, Fiona Sussan, David B. Audretsch
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-20
Number of pages	20
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319635316
ISBN (Print)	9783319635309
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63531-6_5
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Name	International Studies in Entrepreneurship
Volume	38
ISSN (Print)	1572-1922
ISSN (Electronic)	2197-5884

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O’Connor, A. C., & Reed, G. (2018). Theorizing the university governance role in entrepreneurial ecosystem. In A. O'Connor, E. Stam, F. Sussan, & D. B. Audretsch (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Place-based transformations and transitions (1 ed., pp. 1-20). (International Studies in Entrepreneurship; Vol. 38). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63531-6_5

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Place-based transformations and transitions. ed. / Allan O'Connor; Erik Stam; Fiona Sussan; David B. Audretsch. 1. ed. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. p. 1-20 (International Studies in Entrepreneurship; Vol. 38).

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