Journal of Management Development: Volume 39 Issue 5

Guest editorial

James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter

This paper examines and discusses the need for micro-level analyses of academic entrepreneurship and outlines a micro-level research agenda for the study of academic…

Understanding entrepreneurial academics ‐ how they perceive their environment differently

Todd Davey, Victoria Galan-Muros

Academic entrepreneurship is seen as a pathway for universities to create value from their knowledge. However, there has been a lack of clarity about what activities constitute…

Social support for academic entrepreneurship: definition and conceptual framework

Marie Gubbins, Denis Harrington, Peter Hines

The purpose of this paper is to draw on literature underpinning social support to explore individual level considerations when designing social support systems for academic…

Academic entrepreneurship intentions: a systematic literature review

Sara Neves, Carlos Brito

The objective of this research is to have an up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge regarding the variables that encourage the individuals, within the…

Entrepreneurial university: an exploratory model for higher education

Sofia Maria de Araujo Ruiz, Cristina Dai Pra Martens, Priscila Rezende da Costa

The paper aims to clarify the characteristics of the entrepreneurial university, beyond commercial entrepreneurship to other aspects of entrepreneurship, such as social or…

A micro-level view on knowledge co-creation through university-industry collaboration in a multi-national corporation

Shannon Elizabeth Jones, Nigel Coates

Technology transfer (TT) in industry to university collaboration (UIC) literature focuses primarily on a macro view within an SME environment. While these discussions are…

From technological to social innovation – the changing role of principal investigators within entrepreneurial ecosystems

Johannes Carl

By taking a micro-level perspective, this paper aims to examine the influence of the ongoing paradigm shift from technological to social innovation on principal investigators…

Entrepreneurial university ecosystems and graduates' career patterns: do entrepreneurship education programmes and university business incubators matter?

Maribel Guerrero, David Urbano, Eduardo Gajón

This paper provides insights about how graduates' career patterns (i.e. academic entrepreneur, self-employed or paid employed) are influenced by entrepreneurial university…

Measuring the human capital of scientists in the principal investigator role

Maria José Foncubierta-Rodríguez, Fernando Martín-Alcázar, José Luis Perea-Vicente

There is an emerging literature on scientists in the principal investigator (PI) role that identifies them as central and key actors in entrepreneurial ecosystems. PIs in leading…