The idea of an entrepreneurial university caught on fast after the American sociologist Burton R. Clark published his books on entrepreneurship in universities (Creating Entrepreneurial Universities, 1998; Sustaining Changes in Universities, 2004). Inspired by the alluring of the notion of an...

L'idée d'une université entrepreneuriale s'est imposée rapidement dès la publication par le sociologue américain Burton R. Clark d'une série d'ouvrages sur l'esprit d’entreprise à l'université (Creating Entrepreneurial Universities, 1998, Sustaining Changes in Universities, 2004)....

This paper reports the internationalization efforts of Dutch accounting firms from 1972 onwards. The two largest and most prestigious Dutch accounting firms in 1972 first built their own network of foreign offices. Their primary motive for doing so was to follow their clients who were spreading...

This paper reports on a developmental approach to performance-measurement systems (PMS). In particular, we look at characteristics of a development process that result in the PMS being perceived by employees as enabling of their work, rather than as primarily a control device for use by senior...