Academic Entrepreneurship: Creating The Ecosystem For Your University

Download or read book Academic Entrepreneurship: Creating The Ecosystem For Your University written by Robert D Hisrich and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increasing interest in entrepreneurship, a wealth of new ideas and technologies, and a need for new sources of revenue, the focus of this book is to provide insights on the process, elements, and activities needed for a university to successfully create new entrepreneurial ventures. The topics covered include: establishing the process itself, patents and copyrights, the role of incubators and accelerators, and funding sources for starting and growing the new ventures. This book provides the basics for a university to fulfill its third mission — to positively impact the well being of the surrounding area and the local, national, and world economies.