How to build an entrepreneurial university

Sep 13, 2019

By taking an entrepreneurial approach, universities can forge successful partnerships with industry. Image: Edwin Andrade/Unsplash

Jaci Eisenberg

Head of Content Curation, Global Collaboration Village, World Economic Forum

David Gann

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Development and External Affairs, University of Oxford

Saemoon Yoon

Lead, Innovator Communities, World Economic Forum Geneva

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Funding by industry in university R&D in millions (2006-2016) Image: World Economic Forum/National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey

Alan Hughes and Ben Martin mapped the synergies and trade-offs between research, teaching and knowledge exchange in a 2012 report for the CIHE-UK~IRC Task Force on Enhancing Value on the value of public sector research and development. HEIs stands for Higher Education Institutions.

The synergies and trade-offs between research, teaching and knowledge exchange. (HEIs stands for Higher Education Institutions.) Image: Enhancing Impact: The Value of Public Sector R&D by Alan Hughes and Ben Martin

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