Engines of innovation : the entrepreneurial university in the twenty-first century /

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The authors make the case for the pivotal role of research universities as agents of societal change. They argue that universities must use their vast intellectual and financial resources to confront global challenges such as climate change, extreme poverty, childhood diseases, and an impending worl...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thorp, H. Holden, 1964-
Other Authors: Goldstein, Buck
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Community and college > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Business and education > United States.
Entrepreneurship > United States.
Relations université-collectivité > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Industrie et éducation > États-Unis.
Entrepreneuriat > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Business and education
Community and college
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Entrepreneurship
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The entrepreneurial opportunity
  • Entrepreneurial science
  • Enterprise creation
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Multidisciplinary centers
  • Leadership
  • Academic roles
  • Culture and structure
  • Teaching entrepreneurship
  • Accountability
  • The new donors and university development
  • Conclusion
  • Engines revisited : a three-year tune up.

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