Transformation of regional socio-economic universities into entrepreneurial ones: the concept and implementation mechanisms
Abstract. The article considers theoretical and practical aspects of implementation of the model of entrepreneurial university in the modern paradigm of higher education. Special attention is paid to the transformation of regional socio-economic universities into entrepreneurial ones in the context of achieving national goals and strategic priorities for the development of the Russian Federation. The epistemological foundations of the concepts "University 3.0" and "entrepreneurial university" are investigated. The regional and sectoral disparities in the development of youth entrepreneurship are analyzed. The monitoring data of small innovative enterprises in the scientific and educational sphere as a result of the process of transformation of educational institutions of higher education into entrepreneurial universities is studied. Using the example of Samara State University of Economics, the signs of an entrepreneurial university and the possibilities of implementing this development model are identified. The main elements of the entrepreneurial university ecosystem are considered: infrastructure, interaction, partnership, educational programs and projects, project support system, acceleration, monitoring and evaluation. The imitation of project activities, underdeveloped mechanism for assessing intellectual property at the university, the lack of a professional standard and a federal educational standard for higher education in the field of entrepreneurship, and weak networking between universities within the ecosystem of youth entrepreneurship have been identified as constraints to development. The key finding of the article confirms that, despite objective limitations, the entrepreneurial university model is relevant and achievable for regional socio-economic universities, provided that the entrepreneurial component is systematically integrated into all types of university activities.
Keywords: university, entrepreneurial university, technological entrepreneurship, transformation, knowledge commercialization, region, socioeconomic profile.
Highlights:
- transformation of the socio-economic role of universities in the context of the knowledge economy actualizes the problem of assessing their contribution to achieving the national development goals of the Russian Federation. In this context, productivity of the university as a catalyst for entrepreneurial activity is defined as a determinant in ensuring technological independence, a stable and dynamic economy of the regions and the country as a whole;
- the specifics of the process of transforming regional socio-economic universities into entrepreneurial ones are determined, which consists of focusing on "non-technological" entrepreneurship with significant socio-economic effect and forming entrepreneurial competencies within the existing educational profile;
- sectoral and territorial structural disparities in development of university entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation have been identified, resulting in the dominance of technical universities and metropolitan regions, as well as the distribution of small innovative enterprises, which marginalizes socio-economic universities;
- on the example of a university with a socio-economic profile, the experience of system integration of the entrepreneurial component into educational, research, administrative and economic activities of the university is summarized. It is demonstrated that the university, operating under objective institutional constraints, is characterized by the signs of an entrepreneurial university: it actively uses market mechanisms, builds flexible relationships with the external environment and forms the internal entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation and creating new resources;
- the problematic field of the transition of regional universities to the "entrepreneurial" type and development in this status is systematized. The following factors were identified as constraining factors: imitation of project activities, an insufficiently developed mechanism for assessing intellectual property at the university, the lack of a professional standard and a federal educational standard for higher education in the field of entrepreneurship, weak networking between universities within the framework of the ecosystem of youth entrepreneurship;
- the key findings of the study emphasize the need for eliminating the institutional constraints, which are typical for socio-economic universities and expanding opportunities for implementing an entrepreneurial university model by socio-economic universities.
Evgeniya G. Repina, Maria S. Guseva - Samara State University of Economics, Samara, Russia