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University-linked programmes for sustainable entrepreneurship and regional development: how and with what impact?

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  • Marcus Wagner

    (University of Augsburg & Bureau d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée)

  • Stefan Schaltegger

    (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM))

  • Erik G. Hansen

    (Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Institute for Integrated Quality Design (IQD))

  • Klaus Fichter

    (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg & Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability)

Abstract

State universities are increasingly being transformed from institutions with traditional teaching and research responsibilities to have a third, societal role in sustainable regional and economic development. In doing so, universities support knowledge spillovers to improve sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems that benefit economic revitalization or further development of regions. At the same time they promote stakeholder involvement in crucial governance processes at the regional level. Based on a comparative case study design building on three cases in Germany, our research analyses these interdependencies focussing on university-linked support programmes for sustainable entrepreneurship and the effects on sustainable regional development. Our findings provide a nuanced view clarifying the different roles universities have, how knowledge spillovers are created, and what outputs, outcomes, and effects are realized at the regional level and beyond. Specifically, we demonstrate that depending on the regional context, different configurations, pathways, and intervention points of universities may equally improve sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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  • Marcus Wagner & Stefan Schaltegger & Erik G. Hansen & Klaus Fichter, 2021. "University-linked programmes for sustainable entrepreneurship and regional development: how and with what impact?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 56(3), pages 1141-1158, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:56:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s11187-019-00280-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00280-4
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    Keywords

    University; Support; Programmes; Sustainable; Entrepreneurship; Regional; Development; Innovation; Facilitation; Sustainability; Ecopreneurs; Start-ups;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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