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Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, and Educational-Based Virtuous Circles in Post-Industrialized Economies

Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, and Educational-Based Virtuous Circles in Post-Industrialized Economies

José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez
ISBN13: 9781466642331|ISBN10: 1466642335|EISBN13: 9781466642348
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4233-1.ch016
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Saiz-Álvarez, José Manuel. "Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, and Educational-Based Virtuous Circles in Post-Industrialized Economies." Strategic Role of Tertiary Education and Technologies for Sustainable Competitive Advantage, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Robert D. Tennyson, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 312-323. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4233-1.ch016

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Saiz-Álvarez, J. M. (2013). Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, and Educational-Based Virtuous Circles in Post-Industrialized Economies. In P. Ordóñez de Pablos & R. Tennyson (Eds.), Strategic Role of Tertiary Education and Technologies for Sustainable Competitive Advantage (pp. 312-323). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4233-1.ch016

Chicago

Saiz-Álvarez, José Manuel. "Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, and Educational-Based Virtuous Circles in Post-Industrialized Economies." In Strategic Role of Tertiary Education and Technologies for Sustainable Competitive Advantage, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Robert D. Tennyson, 312-323. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4233-1.ch016

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Abstract

Information Technologies are transforming traditional educational models based on new communication skills. Using a comparative analysis, the scope of this work is two-fold: (1) to study the importance of entrepreneurship and R&D in tertiary education and (2) to analyze which conditions must change in order to contribute to adopt this new IT-based model by the more traditional countries or university institutions that do not research, arguing they are focused on short-term goals only. Using a single OLS econometric model, the author demonstrates that R&D in companies and universities, both public and private, are complementary, R&D applied in education guarantees future positive externalities and creates IT educational societies, while globalization favors capital and human resources mobility, not only nationally but also internationally.

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