TY - CHAP AB - Abstract Since the 1980s, US universities have greatly increased attention given to innovation and entrepreneurship out of a genuine commitment to enhancing American competitiveness. Although regional innovation and entrepreneurship can be enhanced by universities in multiple ways, the primary metrics of “success” remain patenting, licensing rates, and university spin-outs. While these metrics can be a useful proxy for the entrepreneurial university they tend to understate the many important contributions universities, including non-research intensive universities, make to their regional economies. In this chapter, we introduce a framework of capabilities that are essential to nurturing ecosystems of innovation and entrepreneurship at the regional level. We then describe the varied ways in which universities can support the development of these capabilities. Finally, we provide a framework of metrics, which can more comprehensively capture the value that universities represent to innovation and entrepreneurship in their regions. VL - 16 SN - 978-1-78350-984-3/1074-7540 DO - 10.1108/S1074-754020140000016001 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1074-754020140000016001 AU - Walshok Mary L. AU - Shapiro Josh D. PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/01/01 TI - Beyond Tech Transfer: A More Comprehensive Approach to Measuring the Entrepreneurial University T2 - Academic Entrepreneurship: Creating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem T3 - Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1 EP - 36 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -