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The Emerging Concept of Entrepreneurial University: A Case Study of Public Sector Universities in Pakistan
Abstract
Universities are the most important source for knowledge generation, technology development and its transfer. It is widely known that for innovation integration of different factors e.g. policy matters by Government, needs by society and economic development by Industry, are required. The main objective of this research is to determine the absence of some mechanisms that hinder the process of commercialization for academic research. The study has adopted quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. For quantitative data the close ended questionnaire based on Likert scale has been designed, for qualitative data semi structured interviews conducted by officials i.e. professors, associate professors, researchers, practitioners. The units of analysis for this research are universities in Sindh. Three main actors of commercialization process has been focused i.e. university, industry and government. Further, this study investigates various mechanisms and platforms for technology transfer. The factors related to the process of commercialization have been evaluated in 3 universities of Sindh. The study come up with some causes that hinder the commercialization of academic Intellectual property furthermore it propose some loopholes to overcome the challenges
Authors
Dahshilla Junejo
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, University of Sindh, Mirpurkhas Campus, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Shakeela Shah
Assistant Professor, epartment of Curriculum Development & Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Maryam Kalhoro
Lecturer, University of Sindh, Department of Business Administration, Larkana Campus, Sindh, Pakistan
Keywords
Academic Research, Commercialization, University Industry Government (UIG)
