What is it about?
Developing a model that integrates individual, organisational and institutional determinants of academic entrepreneurship which can facilitate the ability to cross the “valley of death” by researchers in Nigeria
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Why is it important?
There is need for conscious efforts by the university administration to put in place mechanisms that will facilitate the commercialisation of knowledge being produced in the university, encourage active participation in designing marketable products, as well as playing a leadership role in ensuring successful commercialisation.
Perspectives
The findings and framework developed in this paper can serve as an input to the design of policies that can stimulate the entrepreneurial activity of the academic researchers so that they can further contribute to technological development and economic growth in African countries.
Professor Isaac Oluwajoba Abereijo
Obafemi Awolowo University
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This page is a summary of: Transversing the “valley of death”, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, March 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ajems-10-2012-0066.
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