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The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economySixholo, Joy 04 August 2012 (has links)
This study analysed the entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers to create spinoffs in a country where the phenomenon of academic spinoffs is emerging. The study consisted of a quantitative analysis of entrepreneurial intentions, performed within the context of South Africa’s Higher Education Institutions and Science Councils.The study drew from psychological and entrepreneurship research on intentionality to measure the level of entrepreneurial intentions using specific determinants (entrepreneurial self-efficacy, personal networks, perceived role models, number of years spent at the academic institution, number of patents/ copyrights/ designs, type of research, and cooperation with industry) that characterise the emergence of academic entrepreneurial intentions that lead academics to the creation of spinoffs. The study also aimed to determine if there were differences in the entrepreneurial intentions between researchers in technical and non-technical fields of expertise.A quantitative online survey was conducted amongst researchers in higher education institutions and science councils, followed by data analysis using a multiple linear regression to measure the entrepreneurial intentions. Thereafter a determination of factors associated with the higher levels of intention and a comparison of the level of intentions was conducted between researchers from the two study groups using an analysis of coefficients and significance tests respectively.The study showed that the entrepreneurial intentions of researchers in South Africa were very low. It was also shown that entrepreneurial self-efficacy was the strongest predictor of academic entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore it was found that there was no significant difference in the entrepreneurial intentions between researchers in technical and non technical fields of expertise. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted
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From Innovation to Academic Entrepreneurship in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)Lubua, Filipo 11 June 2019 (has links)
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A conceptual model for commercialisation at an academic institutionDe Abreu, J. M. G. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Constant and aggressive change is a characteristic that has shaped our present day
life and occurs at all levels of society. In a new South Africa, an entrepreneurial
approach has become a means of survival. Modern day South Africans have been
compelled to adopt an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset in order to function
optimally. For the higher education sector, this has meant the commercialisation of
many aspects of their operations due to yearly cuts in subsidy allocations.
Stellenbosch University is not exempt from this and is also affected by these cuts.
The goal of this study is therefore to provide an internationally researched conceptual
model and process for commercialising academic research at Stellenbosch
University. This will require the adoption of an entrepreneurial mindset which views
research differently from its traditional mode. By moving away from an academic
view of research, new partnerships, opportunities and outcomes become possible,
from which new revenue avenues could be opened.
The question arises as to what technological innovations are likely to result in
commercial success and what route should a university then take to successfully
commercialise their research findings? Finding practical answers to these questions
could provide a platform from which a university can make accurate and timely
decisions with regards to the commercialisation of its academic research. Accurate
decision-making is therefore an essential tool in the management of this process.
Commercialisation is not viable without first creating an innovative mindset and
platform. These cannot be created without first understanding the concept of
newness. Consistent newness requires continuous innovation, from which academic
entrepreneurship then stems. The successful commercialisation of this
entrepreneurship can then be understood by considering the various concepts and
basic components involved in commercialisation.
A broad look at literature provided the basis for this platform from which a model
could then be constructed. In constructing the model, the key components were first
identified. Secondly, a brief look at four different commercialsiation models provided
an overview of the thought pattems involved in such a process. The synthesis of
these components and models culminated in a conceptual model for
commercialisation within the Stellenbosch University environment. This model
included the tangible and intangible side of commercialisation, incorporating
organisational mindset, attitudes and culture. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Konstante en omvattende verandering is 'n kenmerk van die eietydse samelewing en
raak alle sosiale vlakke. 'n Entrepreneuriese benadering het in die nuwe Suid-Afrika
'n middel tot oorlewing geword. Eietydse Suid-Afrikaners word genoodsaak om
innoverend en ondernemend te wees ten einde optimaal te kan funksioneer. Dit
impliseer dat tersiere instellings byvoorbeeld baie van hul bedrywighede moet
kommersialiseer, weens toenemende besnoeiings in subsidiering.
Die Universiteit van Stellenbosch word insgelyks deur hierdie besnoeiings geraak.
Die doel van hierdie studie is die ontwerp van 'n konsepsuele model en proses vir
kommersialisering van akademiese navorsing vir die Universiteit van Stellenbosch,
gebaseer op internasionale navorsing. Dit vereis 'n entrepreneuriese denkwyse wat
navorsing anders benader as in die verlede. Deur weg te beweeg van 'n suiwer
akademiese siening van navorsing, word nuwe vennootskappe, geleenthede en
uitkomste moontlik, en skep sodoende ook nuwe bronne van inkomste.
Tegniese innoverings wat prakties en uitvoerbaar is kan moontlik as platform dien vir
hierdie kommersialisering. Dit veronderstel toepaslike besluitneming as
noodsaaklike middel in die bestuur van die proses.
'n Nadere deurskouing van konsepte onderliggend aan suksesvolle
kommersialisering van entrepreneurskap, tesame met 'n bree oorsig van navorsing in
hierdie verband, het die basis gevorm vir die ontwerp van 'n model.
Kernkomponente is eerstens identifiseer. Bestaande modelle het tweedens 'n oorsig
van denkpatrone oor die ontwerp van so 'n proses gebied. 'n Sintese van hierdie
komponente en modelle het kulmineer in 'n konsepsuele model vir kommersialisering
binne die Universiteit van Stellenbosch omgewing. Hierdie model sluit die praktiese
deel van kommersialisering, sowel as die ontasbare deel, naamlik organisatoriese
denkwyses, houdings en kultuur in.
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The scope and functionality of the National Innovation Competition as an instrument to promote academic entrepreneurship in South AfricaVutula, Noncedo 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / This study focuses on academic entrepreneurship. It commences with a literature review
on international trends in academic entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on incentive
schemes used by selected countries to encourage innovativeness in academic
institutions. Linkages between these incentives schemes and the improvement in the
level of innovations made are demonstrated. This study will also show that in some
countries, such as Brazil and Finland, these innovation incentives have led to the
formation of start-up companies and an increased number of patents.
The international scenario in academic entrepreneurship is linked to the South African
scenario, as presented in the chapter on the science and technology landscape in South
Africa. The main focus of the South African scenario will be on the National Innovation
Competition (NIC), which is an instrument of the Innovation Fund specifically aimed at
encouraging and providing innovation incentives at the level of higher education
institutions. This research report also provide findings of interviews with different people
within the academic entrepreneurship fraternity as well as an assessment of the
differences between the winning and the non-winning business plans, which are used as
a basis of providing incentives to the winners of the NIC.
Recommendations are made in an attempt to provide solutions to the challenges
encountered in the NIC at both institutional levels, as participants, and at government
level, as funders of the NIC. This will hopefully improve the effectiveness and efficiency
of the NIC. Although the NIC was only started in 2004, it is envisaged that areas of
improvement can be identified at this early stage. This, coupled with the lessons learnt
from the international literature review, will provide a mechanism that will make the NIC
a powerful instrument to encourage innovation at HEI (Higher Education Institution)
level. The conclusions drawn from this report include lessons learnt from the
international literature review.
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Working Together : Exploring Relational Tensions in Swedish AcademiaFridholm, Tobias January 2010 (has links)
This study explores the basic social conditions for high-quality university research, and focuses on research in science and technology in Sweden. Swedish research policy has adopted more of a market perspective on academic research and its role in society. This has meant the promotion of competition between researchers, increased focus on efficiency at universities, and attempts to make academia harmonize more with industry and other actors. How do such policies affect the variety of perspectives within the academic system? How do they affect the positions and identities of individual academics? These issues are discussed through the concept of "relational tensions". Relational tensions refer to social strains arising when interacting actors have different perspectives. Relational tensions can stimulate creativity, but may also cause unproductive conflicts. The discussion is underpinned by interviews with university researchers and a case study of Uppsala BIO-X, a program to commercialize university research in biotechnology. Typical cases of relational tensions are identified. These concern both interpersonal relations and differences between organized science and industry. A notable observation concerns potential frustration of individual academics, as competition and efficiency tends to make their positions and identities more contested. Researchers cope with relational tensions in three identified ways: socialization, seclusion, and lateral authority. Socialization is natural and often necessary, but reduces the variety of perspectives. Seclusion serves to retain variety and independence, but reduces interaction with others. Lateral authority is to formally or informally lend a researcher more authority, which improves the chance of maintaining a variety of perspectives without reducing interaction. The sustained usefulness of academic research arguably depends on its ability to foster and communicate a variety of perspectives. Hence, (i) promoting lateral authority seems fruitful within academia and in relations between academia and industry, and (ii) encouraging competition and efficiency may to some extent be counterproductive. / Research Excellence and Science-Based Industrial Systems
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