Assessment of the Entrepreneurial University Concept among Croatian and Spanish Academics (original) (raw)

The historical development of the modern university coupled with the relevant scientific revolutions showed that the knowledge industries, which ultimately lead to today's knowledge economy, are based on cutting-edge technologies, university-industry interaction, and commercialization of university research through company start-ups and licensing. The theories of transition in scientific and university systems such as the new production of knowledge, triple helix, and university revolutions show that new forms of knowledge production, dissemination, and utilization are coming into being. The new forms of generating knowledge are characterized by the involvement of many sites and actors, who can produce, disseminate, or apply knowledge. This transforms the traditional role and responsibility of universities related to knowledge generation and diffusion. The role of university as a scientific "ivory tower" is violated by forcing them either to commercialize knowledge by themselves or to do it through interaction and cooperation with other knowledge producers, primary those from the business sector. The commercial orientation of universities started in 1970 when the economic slowdown in the United States and Europe shifted the