Universities, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and sustainability

Table of contents: Chapter 1 Entrepreneurial ecosystems, learning regions, and the role of universities Chapter 2 The dark side of the university's participation in innovation ecosystems Chapter 3 Enablers to fostering interactions during entrepreneurship events within university based entrepreneurship ecosystems (U-BEEs) Chapter 4 Does education ensure entrepreneurial initiative? Approaching an entrepreneurial ecosystems taxonomy Chapter 5 The ambiguous role of best practice examples for knowledge spillovers: Evidence from universities and start-ups in the Berlin entrepreneurial ecosystem Chapter 6 Building sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: A mediated model of university-industry collaboration, knowledge creation, and the entrepreneurial environment Chapter 7 University-industry collaboration to support sustainability: An analysis of the determining factors for European Union countries Chapter 8 University business incubators as drivers of sustainability: The perspective of critical success factors Chapter 9 Universities as change agents of SMEs' sustainable innovation: A knowledge transfer view Chapter 10 University research centres as catalysers in entrepreneurial ecosystems: Fostering the transitions towards sustainable business models via the university-business interface Chapter 11 The Spinner Innovation: Factors for inclusion and advocating in sustainable ecosystems Chapter 12 Boundary spanners enabling knowledge integration for sustainable innovations in university-industry research centres Chapter 13 An entrepreneurial ecosystem support model in the digital era: Crowdfunding Chapter 14 Steering productive entrepreneurship activities in emerging markets: The role of the university Chapter 15 Medical device scientists' influence on research impact within entrepreneurial ecosystems: A systematic literature review Chapter 16 Students' perceptions of university social responsibility: A cross-cultural comparison Chapter 17 Which pathways lead us to the university of the future?

This book presents theoretical and empirical research on universities and their entrepreneurial ecosystems to better grasp the connections between universities and their surrounding environments and their engagement with sustainability. The book provides a better understanding of the entrepreneurial characteristics of universities. It examines the ways in which universities' collaboration and participation in an ecosystem support business and industry transformation. It also investigates how universities function within the university/industry/government/third sector relationship nexus. The book enables the systematisation of the literature while simultaneously builds theory, empirically testing existing theories, and contributes towards a future research agenda geared towards sustainability. The book gathers contributions from varied geographical contexts providing an international perspective.