Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to our symposium on the role of research universities in creating entrepreneurial clusters. It may be of particular interest to those with research interests in (a) the commercialization of university technology and (b) the role of startups in regional economic development more generally.
We hope to see you there!
David Benson (Brigham Young University / BYU)
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Program Session #: 907 | Submission: 17189 | Sponsor(s): (ENT, BPS)
Scheduled: Monday, Aug 6 2012 11:30AM - 1:00PM at Boston Hynes Convention Center in Room 202
The Role of Research Universities in Creating Entrepreneurial Clusters: What Do We Know
Organizer: David Benson; Brigham Young U.;
Participant: Maryann P Feldman; U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Participant: William Kerr; Harvard Business School; Participant: Martin Kenney; U. of California, Davis;
Participant: Bryan Ritchie; U. of Utah; Research universities may be a potent source of regional development, as witnessed by the importance of Stanford and MIT to the development of Silicon Valley and Route 128. Indeed, some researchers and practitioners have championed research universities as "regional engines of growth." Based on this logic, policymakers have pushed universities to license their technologies more broadly (particularly to startups), invested heavily in technology transfer offices, and implemented various development policies, with the hope that these efforts would transform their region into the next entrepreneurial hotbed. This symposium will bring together leading thinkers to evaluate the results of these efforts, as well as to consider the state of the art, and the future direction of, research into the development of entrepreneurial clusters. The goal of the session will be to bring attendees up to speed on current research projects under way that build upon and extend current theory; but more importantly to allow the participants to ruminate on the critical next steps in expanding our knowledge of entrepreneurial clusters. Each participant will be asked to respond to the following sets of questions, in addition to their own presentation: 1. What challenges does the presence of large, existing clusters (such as Silicon Valley or Route 128) present for business and public policy makers in communities wanting to develop a cluster? 2. How can researchers create better data sets to analyze and understand the development/failure of regional clusters and the migration of entrepreneurial firms? 3. Where should we be looking (in terms of other disciplines or intellectual traditions) for new insights into the issues and challenges that attend regional clusters, and directed regional development in general?
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