Title : 
Academic entrepreneurship — A challenge for university — Industry synergy
         
        
            Author : 
Ilea, Danut Nicolae
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Electr. Eng. & Appl. Phys. Dept., Transilvania Univ. of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper provide to students, teachers, workers, practitioners and researchers, an investigation of academic entrepreneurship process in details, based on theoretical, social and economic approaches with the basic characteristics of the phenomenon as an introduction to further consideration within global competitiveness. In turn, academic entrepreneurship has an increasing importance in the context of economic development or, better sustainable development, and becomes a crucial issue to explore. It also provides an examination into the effectiveness of the policy-driven approach in enhancing academic entrepreneurship.
         
        
            Keywords : 
commerce; economics; education; sustainable development; academic entrepreneurship; economic development; global competitiveness; sustainable development; university-industry synergy; Commercialization; Economics; Educational institutions; Industries; Innovation management; Technological innovation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM), 2014 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Bran
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OPTIM.2014.6851036