4 Following consideration of the various models from the OECD, World Economic Forum, Babson College, Massachusetts and the Report of the Entrepreneurship Forum.
the level of education as well as the uniqueness of the offered product/service. The institutional variables used include the ease of doing business
including opportunity motivation for startups that belong to a technology-intensive sector, the entrepreneur†s level of education,
The Higher education Authority (HEA) is developing an enterprise engagement strategy, within which entrepreneurial education will be an important part.
This strategy will set out performance indicators and measures to benchmark entrepreneurial activity in Irish higher education.
A range of modules in commercialisation are now being offered across Higher education Institutes (HELS) at undergraduate and postgraduate levels,
Enterprise needs to play a more central role in education to help HEIS provide an environment supportive of entrepreneurship.
For example, Accelerated Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) has supported eight HEIS embed entrepreneurship within their curriculums, and develop an extensive range of programmes to promote entrepreneurship education.
An Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Learning Module has been adopted by 17 different higher education institutions and in June 2014 ACE rebranded itself as CEEN (Campus Entrepreneurship Enterprise Network), marking its transition to a national network.
CEEN is available to all HEIS interested in developing entrepreneurship education9. The evolution of this programme will be vital in developing future entrepreneurship education in Ireland.
EI, LEOS, DES, Ã nag) Map relevant entrepreneurship activities in higher education institutions as part of the overall strategy for higher education engagement with enterprise and embed entrepreneurship support within the HEI System Performance Framework.
DES) Develop an enterprise engagement strategy for higher education to include entrepreneurial education as an important part of the national framework for enterprise engagement.
HEA) Set out performance indicators and measures to benchmark entrepreneurial activity in Irish higher education. DES, HEA) Develop an Entrepreneurial Phd programme with a view to training more scientists in SFI supported research teams to launch their own businesses.
the universities and the Institutes of Technology to bring together the State†s support structures in a way that works for the entrepreneur.
The Government funds Campus Incubation facilities on every university and Institute of technology and these accommodate over 350 companies and over 1, 500 people.
and researchers in HEIS by facilitating smaller †right-sized†projects for companies to address specific individual industry needs 3. 2 High Potential Startups High Potential Startups,
and The irish Research Council†s Employment-Based Postgraduate programme (Phd and Masters). The publication of an Intellectual Property Protocol designed to make it easier for business to engage with academics by providing clarity
these should help companies enter into appropriate forms of contract with HEIS more easily and accelerate the transaction process.
There is clearly a benefit in making contracting between companies and HEIS as swift and easy as possible.
and supporting guidance notes for business including specific †HEI/Startup guidelines†to facilitate the interaction between industry and HEIS, for inclusion in the IP Protocol.
Through EI, the Government funds Campus Incubation facilities at every university and Institute of technology. These incubators house over 350 companies and over 1, 500 people. 5. 3. 3 Co-working Space The Entrepreneurship Forum highlighted the importance of the availability of co-working spaces
Participation and progression rates in entrepreneurship modules in HEIS will be tracked to ensure best practice and to support the expansion of successful programmes.
across HEIS DES Unavailable at date of publication Performance across STEM DES Unavailable at date of publication National Policy Statement on Entrepreneurship in Ireland 57 Business Environment & Supports A wide range
Drives the commercialisation of research from higher education research institutions by supporting the development of innovations at all stages of the commercial pipeline to the point where they can be commercialised as new products, services and companies. 2011: 79 Projects 2011:
Drives the commercialisation of research from higher education research institutions by supporting the development of innovations at all stages of the commercial pipeline to the point where they can be commercialised as new products, services and companies. 2011: 79 Projects 2011:
Skills Skill Perception Tertiary education Opportunity Perception Opportunity Market Agglomeration Note: The GEDI is a super-index made up of three sub-indices, each
Employment and Investment Incentive scheme GEDI Global Entrepreneurship Development Index GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor HEA Higher education Authority HEI Higher education institutions HBAP Halo Business
of which are operated for the government by industrial firms, nonprofit research institutes or universities. The 2014 Source-Performer Matrix Performer of R&d So ur ce o f Fu nd s Source:
The sequester-associated reductions in 2013 U s. R&d had pronounced a effect on university research activity, among other areas.
As a group, the nation†s research universities are the second largest performer of U s. R&d, accounting for 13%of the U s. total,
•Academia performs about 60%of all U s. basic research. •Federal funding for academia will increase 2. 5%in 2014. •U s. universities continue to lead world rankings. â€
The scale of university research activity is indicated by 2011 spending, which is the most recent year for
including Johns hopkins university (including the Applied Physics laboratory), the University of Michigan at Ann arbor, the University of Washington at Seattle,
the University of Wisconsin at Madison (including WARF), Duke university, the University of California at San diego and the Massachusetts institute of technology (including Lincoln Laboratory).
At the system level, the University of California and the University of Texas topped the list, accounting for $5. 4 billion and $2. 5 billion in research, respectively.
Looking ahead, funding at these institutions will continue to be among the $63 billion expected to be spent on U s. academic research in 2014â€
Sequestration impacting U s. universities Strong Position Masks Emerging Concerns The Times Higher education (THE) World University Rankings reflect continued leadership of U s. educational institutions
S. U s. U s. Standing Among World†s Top Universities Source: Times Higher education rankings Despite this positive track record, the U s. academic research enterprise faces challenges, many of which were expressed as concerns by researchers responding to the survey on
which this forecast is based partly: •Effect of reduced U s. federal R&d funding (84%.%•Insufficient R&d budget to accomplish goals (66%.
Among the responses to these concerns is a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences entitled â€oeresearch Universities and the Future of America, â€
which makes ten recommendations that recognize the association between university research and U s. prosperity and security.
In Their Own Words Comment from the Battelle/R&d Magazine Global Researcher Survey Over the coming years, it will be increasingly critical to clarify the role of universities and their relationship to corporations in technology development.
both in terms of the university teaching mission and the research carried out at universities. If universities are expected to perform as for-profit companies,
driven by short-term returns on investment, then the foundations upon which major high-risk scientific discoveries are made will eventually erode.
although European universities are regarded well in global standings. •Survey results indicate that U s. applied research is viewed more favorably than Europe,
European universities place second only to U s. universities in the latest Times Higher education World Rankings,
with about 71 European universities ranked in the Top 400, compared to 77 U s. universities.
THE rankings are based on 13 performance indicators in areas involving teaching research, knowledge transfer and global outlook.
The U k. had the largest number of European universities in the top 400 list with 29.
Universities have become increasingly important sources of innovation and collaboration in life science research in applied areas like drug discovery,
Battelle, R&d Magazine Basic Research Applied Research Development Consulting & Other Total Academia/University 29%25%1%1%56%Research Institute
and likewise the same as university and government R&d. While there are differences in the research being undertaken,
the United states ranked just twenty-eighth out of thirty-four nations studied by the OECD in 2010.17 And in terms of government investment in university research, of thirty-nine nations,
and increased support for technical and community colleges, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technical education program. 24 Surface Transportation Infrastructure The United states is facing a surface transportation crisis. The roots of our current crisis lie in our failure to invest, particularly in more and better roads,
exactly as predicted by financial experts PAGE 15 THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FOUNDATION JANUARY 2014 like Aswath Damodaran, professor of business at the Stern School of business at New york University.
Still Lagging and Showing No Signs of Improvement†(ITIF, December 2013), http://www2. itif. org/2013-university-research-funding-no-sign-improvement. pdf. 19.
Dr. Atkinson received his Ph d. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North carolina at Chapel hill in 1989.
We will increase higher education ICT graduates by 60 per cent between 2015 and 2018, commensurate with resourcing, meeting 74 per cent of demand through domestic supply in 2018.
and linkages are growing strongly. 4 Cornell University, INSEAD, and WIPO (2014: The Global Innovation Index 2014:
with the target set for 2018 of having 74 per cent of the supply needs of the sector being met through increased output from our higher education sector.
and need for extra provision in a number of areas that will be the focus of engagement between the HEA and higher education institutes.
and work. ï§60 per cent increase in higher education ICT graduates, meeting 74 per cent of demand through domestic supply in 2018.
including over 211,000 students enrolled in third-level courses across Ireland†s universities and institutes of technology.
in the six years to 2014, the higher education system delivered 25,000 extra places. There is strong alignment of mainstream education
or 29 per cent of higher education students are enrolled in Science and Engineering courses and over 50,000 higher education students are enrolled in Social sciences,
including Business and Law, equating to 25 per cent of total student enrolments. The system has responded also to emerging skills needs in high-growth sectors,
including the development of a strong network of engaged Higher education institutions and 2015 ACTION PLAN FOR JOBS 29 further education providers
Since 2008, there has been a 50 per cent increase in annual graduate output on ICT programmes from the higher education system.
We will increase higher education ICT graduates by 60 per cent between 2015 and 2018 commensurate with resourcing.
The Higher education Authority is examining issues related to retention on ICT courses, and the National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in higher education is funding a research project in this area. 30 A key goal is to enhance awareness of ICT careers to prospective students.
Significant progress has been made in raising STEM participation in schools †notably a 74 per cent increase in higher level maths take-up in Leaving certificate since 2011.
The Department of education and Skills and the Higher education Authority are co-funding a promotional campaign centred on a new website †www. ictworks. ie â€
DES) 2 Implement Cycle 2 of the Strategic Dialogue process for 2015 under the higher education performance framework 2014-2016, including monitoring of performance metrics for skills including those identified by the EGFSN
and achieve a step change in enterprise engagement in higher education institutions. HEA) 3 Through strengthened collaboration between Government, the education system and industry and as part of the goal of making Ireland the most attractive location in the world for ICT skills and ability, implement the key actions from the ICT
HEA, HEIS, Employers) 4 Incentivise 1, 250 additional places in 2015 on Level 8 ICT programmes.
DES, HEA, HEIS) 5 Devise and implement a programme around a single website portal, through industry and agencies working together,
and engagement between enterprise and higher education providers to roll out Level 8 ICT Conversion programmes as part of the Springboard 2015 programme.
HEIS, HEA, Employers) 7 Enhance industry input to programme content, provision of work placements and promotion of ICT programmes as part of the implementation of Skillnets ICT Conversion Programmes.
Higher education institutions to continue to support Coder Dojo in provision of space, administrative supports and mentoring.
The success criteria for this action include supporting a specified number of annual summer camps at a range of higher education institutions and offering ICT-related courses.
HEA, HEIS, Employers) 12 Increase the pool of researchers strongly positioned to take up employment in industry in Ireland.
HEIS, HEA, Employers) 14 Publish an integrated 2015 Further Education and Training (FET) Services Plan that includes provision to meet the FET skills needs identified in various published EGFSN reports and sectoral studies.
SOLAS, ETBS, HEIS) 16 Develop new Apprenticeships in response to proposals from key sectors of the economy.
à nag) 47 ETBS and higher education institutions to target provision to meet local and regional employer needs,
SOLAS, ETBS HEIS) 38 Support for Local and Rural Development 48 Each Local authority will make an integrated Plan, for the promotion of economic development and local and community development in its area.
ï§Major HEI/Industry research partnerships using, e g.,, SFI€ s Partnership and Spokes schemes programmes;
ï§Recruitment of leading energy researchers to Irish HEIS, using, e g.,, SFI€ s Research Professorship scheme;
ï§Placement of HEI researchers in relevant energy industries using e g. SFI Industrial Fellowship scheme;
SFI, HEIS, EI, IDA, SEAI) 2015 ACTION PLAN FOR JOBS 43 58 Accelerate commercialisation of research and technologies through greater linkages with enterprise and entrepreneurs.
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SFI) 185 Map relevant entrepreneurship activities in higher education institutions as part of the overall strategy for higher education engagement with enterprise and embed entrepreneurship support within the HEI System Performance Framework.
DES, HEA) 2015 ACTION PLAN FOR JOBS 87 186 Develop an enterprise engagement strategy for higher education to include entrepreneurial education as an important part of the national framework for enterprise engagement.
HEA) 187 Set out performance indicators and measures to benchmark entrepreneurial activity in Irish higher education. DES, HEA) 188 Work with the Department of Social Protection to promote the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance,
000 second level students and the advancement of a range of projects in the higher education sector, including the DIT Grangegorman project.
Hospital Holles St to the St vincent's University Hospital campus, and the primary care infrastructure programme and a considerable number of smaller health care infrastructure projects across the country. ï§Invest â 107 million in capital funding,
under stu University Ho nnovation Hu lation of Linc the Respirat the engagem e patient car lications for visitation for ucation;
D/Health) 293 Publication and enactment of Technological University Bill. DES) 294 Use the standardisation system intelligently to expedite the commercialisation of new technology
GDP Gross domestic product GNP Gross national product H2020 Horizon 2020 HAP Housing Assistance Payment HEA Higher education Authority HEI Higher education institutions HOOW Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth HRB
ESDN Office at the Institute for Managing Sustainability Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1, Building D1, A-1020 Vienna, Austria E:
The Transition concept emerged from the work of permaculture11 designer Rob Hopkins with his students of Kinsale Further Education College.
Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol. Report produced for the European commission DG Environment, February 2014.
The example we are showcasing here is the famous experience of the Grameen Bank started by university professor Muhammad Yunus in 1976,
After returning from his graduate studies in the US to be a university professor in Bangladesh
Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol. Report produced for the European commission DG Environment, February 2014.
robin. roche@utbm. fr). E. Kyriakides is with the University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus (e-mail:
and also with Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco (e-mail: abdellatif. miraoui@utbm. fr). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TIA. 2012.2199730 in the distribution milieu since the latter has traditionally been considered as user end points of service,
4 JULY/AUGUST 2012 Marcelo Godoy Simã es (S†89†SM€ 98) received the B. S. and M. S. degrees from the University of SãO Paulo
, SãO Paulo, Brazil, in 1985 and 1990, respectively, the Ph d. degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1995,
and the D. Sc. degree (Livre-Docã ncia) from the University of SãO Paulo in 1998.
and the M. Sc. and Ph d. degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, Tempe, in 2001 and 2003, respectively.
He is currently an Assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer engineering, University of Cyprus
where he serves as the Site Director of the Center for Research and Education in Wind and as a 2011†2012 Resident Faculty Fellow of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability.
and the M. Sc. degree in electric power engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, Troy, NY, in 2000.
He received the B. E. degree in electrical engineering from Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, in 2002, the M. Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Asian Institute of technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand, in 2004,
Paulo F. Ribeiro (M†79†SM€ 88†F†03) received the Ph d. degree from the University of Manchester, Manchester, U k. He is currently an Associate professor of electrical engineering at the Tech-nische
He received the M. Sc. degree from Haute Alsace University, Mulhouse France, in 1988, and the Ph d. and Habilitation degrees from the University of Franche-Comtã, Besancon, France, in 1992 and 1999, respectively.
He is currently the President of Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco. Since 2000, he has been a Full professor of electrical engineering (electrical machines and energy) at the Universitã de Technologie de Belfort†Montbã liard1, Belfort, France,
where he was the Vice-president of Research Affairs from 2008 to 2011, the Director of the Electrical engineering Department from 2001 to 2009,
He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
In 2007, he received a high distinction from The french Higher education Ministry, â€oechevalier dans l†Ordre des Palmes Acadã miques. †He was distinguished also as an Honorary Professor by the Transylvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
Accountants for business A digital agenda for European SMES This report summarises the views of ACCA€ s European members who work in the SME sector and from this and other available evidence,
Information and Computing Technologies, Q1 2011 (The Open university Business school. EIM Business and Policy Research (2010), European SMES under pressure:
A guide to eco-innovation for SMES and business coaches Editors Michal Miedzinski, Technopolis Group Belgium Martin Charter, The Centre for Sustainable Designâ, University for the Creative Arts
, University for the Creative Arts Martin Charter Acknowledgements We are grateful to a group of entrepreneurs and eco-innovators for providing us with valuable feedback on the draft version of this guide.
towards smart freight models TRI-VIZOR, a spin-off from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, developed an original horizontal cooperation based business model for freight transport.
you may choose to train a designer, contract an external consultancy or partner with an appropriate university or technical school.
a cleaner printed cicruit board Crawford Hansford & Kimber developed a †cleaner†printed circuit board (PCB) that is incorporated into equipment that interfaces with data loggers that is now in use in higher education around the world.
al†Marketing & Sustainability BRASS (Cardiff University) and •The Centre for Sustainable Design, 2002 cfsd. org. uk/smart-know-net/smart-know-net. pdf The EU Eco-label helps identify products
free national health systems, public kindergartens, cooperatives, trade union movements and so forth. With Digital Social Innovation (DSI) there is a new communication technology component,
why it matters and how it can be accelerate, University of Oxford, Skoll centre for social entrepreneurship, Murray, R.,Caulier-Grice, J.,Mulgar, G.,(2010).
University. The Young Foundation,(2010. The Young Foundation and the Web. Digital Social Innovation, working paper
MASSIMILIANO GRANIERI Assistant professor at the University of Foggia Law school ANDREA RENDA Research Fellow, CEPS TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword...
To be sure, Europe already features world-leading industries and a few high-ranked universities. In the past few years, the budget for R&d has been increased
The EIT is the first European initiative to integrate fully the three sides of the †knowledge triangle†(higher education,
and IP management in universities and public research organisations The †Third Mission†launched by the Lisbon Agenda for universities requires specialised human resources that universities should be able to form
A NEW APPROACH TO INNOVATION POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 9 EU institutions should devote efforts to improving the †professionalisation†of the management of public-funded universities and research institutions.
which led to 215 responses from universities and research institutions, companies, governments, non-governmental organisations and individuals;
alliances with local companies and universities; mergers and acquisitions of local firms; and increasing research intensity of foreign production facilities.
The EIT is the first European initiative to integrate fully the three sides of the †knowledge triangle†(Higher education,
For instance, see R. Polk Wagner, Understanding Patent Quality Mechanism, Public law and Legal Theory, University of Pennsylvania Law school, Research Paper No. 09-22, subsequently published as 157 U. Penn.
such as universities and public research organisations. 3. 3. 4 Create a unified patent litigation system with an acceptable level of centralisation Costs
-Public-private technology transfer, meaning the transfer of research results generated by universities and public research institutions.
and available empirical data on the fact that European universities are good at sciences and technology,
and Japanese universities. 31 The situation is serious when considering the amount of funding that Europe is pouring into the R&d efforts of research and technology organisations (RTOS) and universities through framework programmes and other funds.
One major goal of any policy on innovation should be to pay more attention to the return on investment for public money devoted to research.
since funded institutions (universities, PROS, SMES) must be ready to harvest results and turn them into economic development.
the Commission is using soft law instruments to suggest good practices that universities should follow in technology transfer 31 This was also a point made by President Barroso in his speech at the European Innovation Summit, European parliament, 13 october 2009, Brussels
. 32 Commission Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of practice for universities and other public research organisations,
incentives can be created for universities to perform better and reach that critical mass necessary for any successful strategy of technology transfer.
Enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve greater benefit from standards and from involvement in standardisation, Rotterdam School of management, Erasmus University, at http://www. ecap-sme. org/documenti/primapagina
Enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve greater benefit from standards and from involvement in standardisation, Rotterdam School of management, Erasmus University, 2009 (http://www. ecap-sme. org/documenti
actio n=display&doc id=5714&userservice id=1&request. id=0 European commission (2008), Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of practice for universities and other public
R. 2009), Understanding Patent Quality Mechanism, Public law and Legal Theory, University of Pennsylvania Law school, Research Paper No. 09-22, subsequently published as 157 U. Penn.
Andrea Renda Massimiliano Granieri Senior Research Fellow Professor CEPS University of Foggia andrea. renda@ceps. eu mgranieri@luiss. it Mr. Hasan Alkas
NESCU Ph d. Daniela MITRAN Nicolae Titulescu University †Athenaeum†University Ph d. Student Adrian NICOLAU Bucharest SC Avangarde Technologies Consulting Abstract:
Ehud Kokia is the Director General of Maccabi Healthcare Services and Professor at the School of Public health Sackler Medical Faculty, Tel aviv University.
David P. Chinitz is Associate professor of Health Policy and Management at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public health in Jerusalem
http://ssrn. com/abstract=1583446 Technology and Innovation Management W o r k i n g P a p e r Hamburg University
HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUHH) Page 1 of 31 Knowledge for Growth †Industrial Research & Innovation (IRI) Barriers to Innovation in SMES:
By Rajnish Tiwari and Stephan Buse Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) Research Project Global Innovation Institute of technology and Innovation Management Schwarzenbergstr. 95, D-21073 Hamburg
and/or universities and specialized research institutions (here jointly referred to as universities) at home or abroad;
and/or their willingness to cooperate, with universities abroad. Many survey participants expressed their desire to cooperate with universities on an international scale.
Over one-third of all such SMES however cited financial constraints as being a major hurdle for the cooperation.
Problems in International Cooperation with Universities The discussion above has brought to fore the chances and challenges that firms,
Germany†s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in its latest report on the country†s technological performance expects a shortfall of 335,000 university graduates,
In China, 61%of undergraduates are studying for a science or engineering degree. Also as far as the quality of the higher-education is concerned many â€oeemerging†countries around the globe, especially in Asia and Eastern europe
With 14 million young university graduates (with seven years or less of work experience) India†s talent pool is estimated to be the largest worldwide, overlapping Chinese talent pool by 50%and that of the USA
however need further ascertainment and are set to be examined by our further research under the aegis of â€oeresearch Project Global Innovation†(RPGI) at Institute of technology and Innovation Management at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).
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