Building Entrepreneurial Architectures: A Conceptual Interpretation of the Third Mission

Autor/inn/en	Vorley, Tim; Nelles, Jen
Titel	Building Entrepreneurial Architectures: A Conceptual Interpretation of the Third Mission
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 7 (2009) 3, S.284-296 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.2304/pfie.2009.7.3.284
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; College Role; Social Justice; Entrepreneurship; Grounded Theory; Educational Policy; Socioeconomic Influences; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Unternehmungsgeist; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Großbritannien
Abstract	Universities are increasingly being challenged to become more socially and economically relevant institutions under the guise of the so-called "Third Mission". This phenomenon, articulated in policy, has prompted the emergence of a growing literature documenting the evolution of the contemporary university, and specifically addressing the Third Mission and university entrepreneurship; however, it remains at once both too broadly conceptualised and overly fragmented. Thus, as the scope of university entrepreneurship widens to include ever more forms of engagement, the Third Mission remains under-theorised. Drawing together these streams of literature on the contemporary university, the concept of "entrepreneurial architecture" is employed to develop a more nuanced perspective. Based on a study of UK higher education institutions, this article builds on Burns's (2005) notion of "entrepreneurial architecture" to understand the internal dynamics that underpin the coordination and consolidation of the Third Mission. The Third Mission has been politically created through numerous (prescriptive) funding programmes; however, the next phase of the Third Mission demands an understanding beyond prescription. The concept of entrepreneurial architecture provides a grounded theoretical contribution to the study of university entrepreneurship, while also offering institutions and policy makers a pragmatic approach to institutional development in the context of the Third Mission. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10