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Development of academic entrepreneurship in a non-mature context: the role of the university as a hub-organisation

Schaeffer, Véronique, Matt, Mireille·2016·Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
DOI 10.1080/08985626.2016.1247915
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This paper focuses on how the evolving roles of a university and its Technology Transfer Office (TTO) are stimulating academic entrepreneurship in a non-mature entrepreneurial ecosystem. A more mature entrepreneurial ecosystem was built gradually by these actors through their progressive creation of innovation intermediaries and coordination among the local players involved in the creation of start-ups. We analyse how the university became a hub organisation. We use the case of the University of Strasbourg to show that the university contributed to the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem by acting as a boundary spanner and by building and orchestrating the network of the stakeholders in the local system of innovation. This ‘hub’ university became a leading regional organisation at the political level. The TTO played a central role in supporting academic entrepreneurship at the operational level based on its evolution from a revenue maximising model to a model that takes account of social and economic regional development. The progressive adoption of a more selective model of start-up creation requires good coordination among the local actors. Over time, the TTO’s boundary spanning function increased to encompass the development of operational network building and orchestrating functions.

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  • Universities as hub institutions can support ecosystem development through sequential development of boundary spanning, network building, and orchestrator functions, but rely on complementary support.

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  • Toward an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Program

    Wurth, B., Stam, E., & Spigel, B. (2022) · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · doi:10.1177/1042258721998948 · Cited by 789

    “…beyond their expected realm (Neck et al., 2004 ), including accelerators ( Goswami et al., 2018 ; Pustovrh et al., 2020), government initiatives and policy interventions ( Motoyama & Knowlton, 2016 ; Radinger-Peer et al., 2018), and universities (Civera et al., 2019 ; Schaeffer & Matt, 2016).”

Metadata

Authors
Schaeffer, V., & Matt, M.
Affiliations
  • Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (FR)
  • Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (FR)
Corresponding author
Schaeffer, Véronique
ORCID
Venue
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2016-10-19
Volume
28
Issue
9-10
Pages
724-745
ISSN
  • 0898-5626 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-5114
DOI
10.1080/08985626.2016.1247915
OpenAlex
W2547839720
Cited by
122
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 11
FWCI
14.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Human Resources and Workforce
Keywords
university entrepreneurship, university technology transfer offices, entrepreneurial ecosystems, boundary spanning, innovation intermediaries, startup creation, regional innovation systems, University of Strasbourg, regional development

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