Open AccessThe “Second Academic Revolution”: Interpretations of Academic Entrepreneurship
Author(s) -
Pei Zheng
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v40i2.1917
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , constructive , capitalism , sociology , scope (computer science) , interpretation (philosophy) , higher education , work (physics) , epistemology , positive economics , political science , economics , economic growth , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , engineering , process (computing) , politics , computer science , programming language , operating system
The number and scope of faculty and institutions involved in academic entrepreneurship continues to expand, and this has significant implications for universities, involving potentially wonderful opportunities but also dire risks. This paper looks beyond academic capitalism, a theory that currently dominates the study of higher education, by introducing several other theoretical frameworks for interpretation of academic entrepreneurship: resource dependence theory, the Triple Helix model, and Mode 2 knowledge production. Acknowledging the fact that academic capitalism significantly furthers our understanding of academic entrepreneurship, I argue that these other conceptual propositions are constructive in enlightening perspectives on the various aspects of academic entrepreneurship, although as of yet no single work completely explains all facets of this complicated issue.