The Journal of Technology Transfer

, Volume 40, Issue 3, pp 363–368 | Cite as

Academic policy and entrepreneurship: a European perspective

  • David B. Audretsch
  • Erik E. Lehmann
  • Stefano Paleari
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Abstract

Two main trends or developments could be identified as leading toward a drastic change in the higher education sector. First, the rapid increase and importance of the industrialized and knowledge based sector led to a radical shift away from the Arts & Humanities towards all fields of the natural sciences, engineering and the emergence of new fields like management and finance. Secondly, globalization and the interrelatedness of markets and the increased competition for scarce resources, in particular knowledge and human capital. This special issue of the Journal of Technology Transfer is dedicated to these challenges and issues from a mostly European perspective.

Keywords

Academic entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship policy Universities Technology transfer 

JEL Classification

N31 O30 O31 
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Authors and Affiliations

  • David B. Audretsch
    • 1
  • Erik E. Lehmann
    • 2
    • 3
  • Stefano Paleari
    • 4
    • 5
  1. 1.Indiana UniversityBloomingtonUSA
  2. 2.Faculty of Business and EconomicsUniversity of AugsburgAugsburgGermany
  3. 3.CCSE – Cisalpino Institute for Comparative Studies in EuropeUniversity of AugsburgAugsburgGermany
  4. 4.Department of EngineeringUniversity of BergamoDalmineItaly
  5. 5.CCSE – Cisalpino Institute for Comparative Studies in EuropeUniversity of BergamoBergamoItaly

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