Over the last few decades, a substantive body of research has been created that focuses on university technology transfer (UTT), resulting in a rich and complex literature. The purpose of this paper, using a text mining approach, is to identify underlying key topics that have shaped this field...

This paper identifies conceptual, methodological, and empirical flaws in the first African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index (AEEI). These flaws limit the usefulness of the AEEI. Moreover, given that the both the notions of entrepreneurial ecosystems and composite indices are subject to...

This paper complements the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (KSTE) by introducing narratives as a vehicle to match people and places. While the KSTE explains that places differ in their economic activity by the key role played by new ventures in absorbing knowledge spillovers, the...

In this paper, we integrate insights from the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE + I) with Schumpeter’s concept of the entrepreneur as a “factor of disequilibrium”. Specifically, we examine whether there is a correlation between the level of Artificial...

Accelerators have become crucial facilitators of entrepreneurial growth, yet empirical research on their effectiveness remains fragmented and inconclusive. To this extent, this paper conducts a comprehensive meta-analysis to synthesize quantitative findings and assess the impact of accelerator...

In recent years, societies all over the world have been confronted with new challenges, such as the increasing pace of climate change, stimulating a growing debate about the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) to help tackle these grand challenges. Consequently, this impacts how...