entrepreneurial universities

The impact of entrepreneurial universities on regional growth: a local intellectual capital perspective

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between the entrepreneurial
universities activities and the local economic growth through an empirical
analysis. In order to assess how entrepreneurial universities could play a primary role in
creating an entrepreneurial culture, three-pillar activities of Italian higher institutions
have been measured and correlated to specific economic variables at the local level.
Starting from the concept of a learning region and using findings of the research, the

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