Creating a Dynamic Campus–Community Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Key Characteristics of Success

Abstract

This chapter examines the key characteristics of success of the university-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem at Syracuse University. From 2007 to 2012, Syracuse University developed an academic signature in entrepreneurship, innovation, and community engagement resulting from 165 programs that linked the campus and the community. Nine critical factors of success for individual programs were observed. This chapter provides recommendations for establishing an experientially focused university-wide entrepreneurship education program and suggestions on mistakes to avoid.

Citation

Kingma, B. (2014), "Creating a Dynamic Campus–Community Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Key Characteristics of Success", Academic Entrepreneurship: Creating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, Vol. 16), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1074-754020140000016003