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Re-Building University Capabilities

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Universities have not always played a leading role in the economic development of regions through entrepreneurship. This is because they have evolved over time from being organizations dedicated solely to teaching and research. Previous studies have focused on how universities adopted an entrepreneurial orientation. This chapter explores the pathways to develop entrepreneurial capabilities influenced by context and stakeholders. This chapter is based on semi-structured interviews from different actors involved in the universities’ re-building of entrepreneurial capabilities allocated in Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, and Uganda. The chapter proposes an interesting view of university entrepreneurial capabilities.

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  1. Department of Business, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

    Jason J. Roncancio-Marin

  2. Brussels School of Governance, Vesalius College, Brussels, Belgium

    Jason J. Roncancio-Marin

  3. Grupo de investigación en Gestión Responsable para la Sostenibilidad Territorial (GREST), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia

    Jason J. Roncancio-Marin

  4. Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, School of Public Affairs, Global Center for Technology Transfer, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Maribel Guerrero

  5. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Marina Dabić

  6. Department of Economics and Business, University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia

    Marina Dabić

  7. School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Marina Dabić

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Roncancio-Marin, J.J., Guerrero, M., Dabić, M. (2023). An Empirical Approach. In: Guerrero, M., Dabić, M. (eds) Re-Building University Capabilities. Applied Innovation and Technology Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31667-8_4

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