Felsőoktatás és innováció: Spin-offok és vállalkozó egyetemek Magyarországon – Vannak vagy nincsenek?
Higher Education and Innovation: Spin-offs and Entrepreneurial Universities in Hungary – Do They Exist or Not?

Summary/Abstract: Entrepreneurial universities are important actors of the knowledge-based society and economy. On the one hand, they are source of highly qualified labour force, and on the other hand, they are generators and disseminators of knowledge that is crucial for innovation and competitiveness. This latter activity is not without precedents, however, the highly commercialized nature of that in form of licensing and spinning off attracted significant attention in the last decades, mainly owing to the examples of American high-technology areas like the Silicon Valley. To reap the potential benefits, science and technology policy makers took measures in many European countries, among others in Hungary, to enhance the entrepreneurial turn of universities. However, there are many factors that can undermine the success of the process. This study aims to investigate how realistic is it to expect widespread occurrence of the entrepreneurial university and spin-offs in Hungary. Based on scientific papers, analysis of legal and strategic documents we have to conclude that the process has been started, however, many factors hinder its perfect unfolding.

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