The future of the university and the university of the future: evolution of ivory tower to entrepreneurial paradigm

This article examines recent developments in the role of the university in increasingly knowledge-based societies. Deploying the triple helix model (o f academic-industry-government relations) recently developed elsewhere an e mergent entrepreneurial paradigm is outlined in which the university plays an enhanced role in technological innovation. Governments encourage this ac ademic transition as an economic development strategy that also reflects ch anges in the relationship between knowledge producers and users. It appears that the 'entrepreneurial university' is a global phenomenon with an isomo rphic developmental path, despite different starting points and modes of ex pression. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.