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Engines of innovation : the entrepreneurial university in the twenty-first century / Holden Thorp & Buck Goldstein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (178 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469612737
  • 1469612739
  • 9781469611846
  • 1469611848
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engines of innovation.DDC classification:
  • 378.1/03 22
LOC classification:
  • LC238 .T46 2013eb
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Contents:
The entrepreneurial opportunity -- Entrepreneurial science -- Enterprise creation -- Social entrepreneurship -- Multidisciplinary centers -- Leadership -- Academic roles -- Culture and structure -- Teaching entrepreneurship -- Accountability -- The new donors and university development.
Summary: Thorp and Goldstein make the case for the pivotal role of research universities as agents of societal change. They argue that universities must use their vast intellectual and financial resources to confront global challenges such as climate change, extreme poverty, childhood diseases, and an impending worldwide shortage of clean water. They provide not only an urgent call to action but also a practical guide for our nation's leading institutions to make the most of the opportunities available to be major players in solving the world's biggest problems.
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Second edition with a new preface and chapter by authors.

"Engines Revisited-A three year tune up."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The entrepreneurial opportunity -- Entrepreneurial science -- Enterprise creation -- Social entrepreneurship -- Multidisciplinary centers -- Leadership -- Academic roles -- Culture and structure -- Teaching entrepreneurship -- Accountability -- The new donors and university development.

Thorp and Goldstein make the case for the pivotal role of research universities as agents of societal change. They argue that universities must use their vast intellectual and financial resources to confront global challenges such as climate change, extreme poverty, childhood diseases, and an impending worldwide shortage of clean water. They provide not only an urgent call to action but also a practical guide for our nation's leading institutions to make the most of the opportunities available to be major players in solving the world's biggest problems.

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