OPEN FOR BUSINESS: UNIVERSITIES, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACADEMICS AND OPEN INNOVATION

Allen Alexander, Kristel Miller, Sean Fielding · 2015 · International Journal of Innovation Management

Summary. Universities are adopting open innovation models to engage academics with industry and society, but research shows these new collaboration activities fail to motivate entrepreneurial academics to participate. The study reveals a gap between policy intentions for open innovation and what actually drives academics to engage in knowledge transfer, suggesting universities may struggle to become truly open institutions without better understanding what motivates their researchers.

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Alexander, A., Miller, K., & Fielding, S.. (2015). OPEN FOR BUSINESS: UNIVERSITIES, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACADEMICS AND OPEN INNOVATION. International Journal of Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1363919615400137

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DOI: 10.1142/s1363919615400137
Countries: United Kingdom
Regions: Europe
Categories: innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28