Entrepreneurial Orientation in Academia

Based on the concept of entrepreneurial orientation, Jan Boehm elaborates on the relationship between dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation – such as autonomy, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitiveness, risk-taking, and interdisciplinarity – and technology transfer performance of U.S. universities.

Context: positioning, definitions, role of U.S. universities for technology transfer, Theoretical framework and literature overview, Conceptual model and hypotheses: overview, structural model and derivation of hypotheses, development of measurement model and operationalization of indicators, Methodology, data collection and analysis, Object of observation and informant, Impact of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions