A comprehensive, multi-campus and non-profit private university that offers academic programs in high school, undergraduate and graduate levels. It is located in Mexico, was founded in 1943 and it is well known for creating and promoting University-based entrepreneurial ecosystems within its main campuses. The university has the 14th best undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the world, according to the new ranking in The Princeton Review 's Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2018.
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University-Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Evidence From Technology Transfer Policies and Infrastructure
Lucia Rodríguez-Aceves (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Barbara Mojarro-Durán (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), and Edgar Muñíz-Ávila (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5837-8.ch021
Abstract
Embedding entrepreneurship into the university mission and culture in developing countries is key to national economic growth and social development. Therefore, having a better understanding of university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems considered as benchmark cases is a good start to introduce to the topic. For such reason, the objective of this chapter is to describe the situation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Guadalajara, Mexico, its leading actors and roles, and how they have been relevant to promote entrepreneurial initiatives among higher education students, alumni, and faculty members. Along with the case description and based on a previous study, the authors present a comparison of Tecnologico de Monterrey case with four universities' entrepreneurial ecosystems. Findings suggest that the strategy followed to promote university-based entrepreneurship depends on the internal capabilities of each institution and the capacity of the region to support it.