Call for Chapters
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2011
Editors
Anna Szopa, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Waldemar Karwowski, University of Central Florida, USA
Patricia Ordonez de Pablos, University of Oviedo, Spain
Introduction
Academic entrepreneurship (AE) is a new emerging field in the scientific world. It refers to the creation and management of an environment for active support of knowledge exploitation and transfer. Academic entrepreneurship stimulates entrepreneurial behavior among the fellows of institutional structures in the academic community. It covers activities in which universities might be involved, including: licensing, patenting, creating new companies, facilitating technology transfer through technology transfers centers, science parks and incubators etc. Innovation networks (between universities, new firms and organizations that support entrepreneurial activities) are embedded in academic entrepreneurship and facilitate industry’s growing demand for technological innovation.
Objective of the Book
There is global interest in translating the technology arising from university research into economic growth through academic entrepreneurship. The following book will present most recent, detailed analysis and synthesis of the stream of research on university entrepreneurship. There will be provided a comprehensive overview of the linkages in networks between universities, intermediate organizations and university spin-offs.
Target Audience
Faculty, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, managers, venture capitalists, investors, industry partners, government officials’ representatives of technology transfer offices, incubators, science parks, research parks
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Recommended Topics include, but at not limited to, the following:
1. Introduction to Academic Entrepreneurship
This part will define academic Academic entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship will be defined as the leadership process of creating economic value through acts of organizational creation, renewal or innovation that occurs within or outside the academic institution that consequences research and technology commercialization. There will be examined how policyPolicy-driven approaches will be examined on how has been effective they have been in enhancing academic entrepreneurship in higher education institutions and the innovation system.
2.The role of the university
Nowadays, a university becomes the representative of innovation, technological development, economic growth and social improvement especially in the context of growing knowledge-based economies. Therefore this part the book will discuss university role in transforming inventions into innovations thus facilitating, nurturing and supporting academic entrepreneurial activities.
3. The role intermediate organizations such as technology transfer office, incubators, science, technology parks
With the increasing entrepreneurial activities at universities, intermediary organizations have been in the spotlight of research, because they are often regarded as the formal gateway between the university and industry. The following chapter will discuss intermediary organizations role in knowledge and technology transfer through, research collaborations, and informal points of accessibility to various resources, including human, financial, technical resources.
4.University spin-offs
Following part will provide information concerning university spin-off company. University spin-off is being defined as a small, new, high-technology company whose intellectual capital has its origins in a university or public research institution. Its activity is considered as a consequence of university institutional factors related to technology transfer policies and strategies, technological production and human capital.
5.Linkages in networks of innovation
Following chapter will examine factors that make a network of innovation: between the university system and intermediate organizations, between the university system and spin-off firms, between intermediate organizations and spin-offs and between spin-offs and their external network. Provided analysis will answer the question how to effectively build and manage necessary institutions within the system of university entrepreneurship.
6.Best practices-case studies
In conclusion, to nurture the academic entrepreneurial paradigm and mindset across the university organization and system, there will be provided case studies on network between university system and intermediate organizations and university spin-offs.
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 30, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 15, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2012.
Important Dates
May 30, 2011: Deadline for submission of chapter proposals
August 15, 2011: Submission of full manuscripts
September 15, 2011: Editors’ comments sent to authors
October 30, 2011: Submission of final chapters
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:
Anna Szopa, anna.szopa@interia.eu
Waldemar Karwowski, wkar@mail.ucf.edu
Patricia Ordonez de Pablos, patriciaordonezdepablos@yahoo.com
