What is it about?
Within the framework of the entrepreneurial university (EU), this study aims to test its multidimensional domain and therefore to confirm the positive contribution of EU factors to perceived regional competitiveness in Portugal.
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Why is it important?
This contribution demonstrates to policy makers that Portuguese public universities are not merely cost centres but knowledge spillovers that can have a positive influence on regional competitiveness.
Perspectives
This paper raise some issues that could act as starting points for further research: (1) Is the reconfiguration of universities towards a stronger market orientation in recent years imperative for the results obtained? (2) Is the EU's contribution domain to regional competitiveness structural or conjunctural? (3) Will the tendency to 'do more with less’ in Portuguese academia affect the efficient performance of universities and therefore their long-term contribution to regional competitiveness? (4) Are we moving towards a university system as a source of technology commercialisation? (5) From an academic point of view: Could the pressure for economic competitiveness detract from the university offer (e.g. by focusing more on engineering areas than for the humanities or social sciences)?
Prof. Gonçalo Rodrigues Brás
Instituto Superior de Gestao e Administracao de Santarem
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This page is a summary of: The Impact of Universities’ Entrepreneurial Activity on Perception of Regional Competitiveness, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16130-9_5.
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