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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY A KEY FACTOR FOR
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY
Simona LACHE Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Higher Education Systems present major trends

• the mass higher education system

• the public financing decline

• the increase of the demographic, social and
  economic diversity

• the request for adult education

• the information technologies amazing and
  continuing development

• the higher education market globalization

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Higher Education Systems consequence of the
major trends

• university transformation from a traditional
  system to an entrepreneurial one

• entrepreneurial university approach describes
  the new type of university created as a reaction
  to the extra-academic environment changes

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Entrepreneurial university approach

• the university performs an independent activity,
  based on its own risk
• the university is involved in the economic and
  social development of the surrounding region
• the university is flexible, uses the existing
  resources in a creative way, reassign its staff
  according to the environment request
• the university works strictly within the
  parameters of costs and profits.

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Directions of the university as a consequence of
entrepreneurial approach implementation

• A strongly consolidated decisional pole

• An extended dynamic periphery

• A diversified financing basis

• A highly stimulated academic core

• An integrated entrepreneurial culture

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
A strongly consolidated decisional pole
that includes both staff of the university
central administration and of the faculties and
departments
It ensures the institution management in the
sense of flexibility and efficient response to
the extra-academic environment requirements.
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
An extended dynamic periphery
consisting of entrepreneurial units that gives
the university space boundaries a diffuse
character
These flexible units ensure the knowledge
transfer outside the university, representing the
interface between university and the external
environment .
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
A diversified financing basis
able to ensure the funds for the institution
appropriate functioning
It is of utmost importance since the state
financing becomes lower and lower.

• It is achieved by
• applying for national and international grants
  and contracts,
• identifying tertiary sources (industrial
  companies, local authorities, non-profit
  foundations, etc.),
• valuing the intellectual property,
• scholarship fees,
• campus administration,
• donations,
• etc.

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
A highly stimulated academic core
represented by traditional academic departments
(research and teaching centres) centred on
certain subjects, old or new, as well as by
interdisciplinary study fields
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
An integrated entrepreneurial culture
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Obstacles in implementing the entrepreneurial
concept in universities
the institutions are lead by academic staff
selected from inside and not by specialized
manager staff - which may induce a certain
conservatism
the lack of real stimulation for cooperation, the
lack of cooperation abilities at individual
level, since we speak about individuals with a
professional life governed by competition and
specialization
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Transilvania University of Brasov an
entrepreneurial university
Given the new economic conditions and the fact
that the engine of industrial development is
nowadays the knowledge-based industry, the
importance of universities in regional economic
development is more and more acknowledged in
Romania.
According to these realities, Transilvania
University of Brasov has adopted the
entrepreneurial concept and has developed the
infrastructure to implement it.
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
The Department of Links between the University
and the Economic, Social and Cultural Environment
aims to be the interface between university and
the extra-academic environment.
www.unitbv.ro/desc
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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The Entrepreneurial University a Key Factor for
Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Cooperation between university and the
extra-academic environment is developed on three
major directions

• Students education and training by developing
  cooperation in practical placement, graduation /
  dissertation theses with subjects proposed by the
  economic environment identifying the needs of
  the economic environment and changing the
  academic curricula in terms of these needs

• Research and development scientific research and
  technological transfer

• Training in alternative systems life-long
  education, open distance learning, low frequency,
  by launching the university offer into the
  economic environment, on one hand, and by
  identification the needs of the extra-academic
  environment and their tuning to the university
  offer, on the other hand.

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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• University industry cooperation in the research
  field is developed in several forms
• research support,
• cooperative research,
• knowledge transfer,
• technology transfer.

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Research support

• it involves contributions of both money and
  equipment to the university by industry

• it provides great flexibility to upgrade
  laboratory and develop programs in certain areas
  of interest

The cooperation model at Transilvania University
of Brasov
UTBv Siemens PSE three laboratories developed,
in the field of telecommunication, automation and
informatics (the last is under development)
UTBv Motorola one laboratory equipped for
research and didactic activities in
telecommunication UTBv Ina Schaeffler
research activity in the field of automotive
industry, development of a training centre
consisting of two laboratories for
CAD/CAE/CAM UTBv Viessmann research activity
in the field of renewable energy, development of
the Solar Thermal Laboratory UTBv Autoliv one
lecture room and one CAD/CAM laboratory for
training graduates in Automotive Safety Systems
Engineering, master programme. UTBv LMS
International Automotive Aerospace Engineering
Centre under development.

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Examples of cooperation UTBv INA Schaeffler KG
Sponsor of the 10th CONAT Congress

• 70 practical places / year for students from
• mechanical engineering
• technological engineering
• materials science and engineering
• economic sciences

Mrs. Elizabeth Schaeffler Honorary Member of the
Senate of the Transilvania University of Brasov
CAD/CAE Engineering Centre, developed at UTBv
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Examples of cooperation UTBv Viessmann
Solar Thermal Laboratory Bivalent solar thermal
installation for warm water preparation and for
heating
Research Centre in the field of renewable energy
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Examples of cooperation UTBv Dacia Renault
Group

• 80 subjects for graduation theses / year for
  students from
• mechanical engineering
• technological engineering
• materials science and engineering
• economic sciences

Internship at Dacia for students preparing the
graduation theses
Project competition for students Challenge
Dacia March April 2006
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Cooperative research
the university develops cooperative research
consortiums with industry to pursue research and
development in some common areas of interest.
- direct cooperation with the industrial company
through research contract (financed by the
company) - cooperation with industrial companies
in the framework of national research projects
Excellence Research Programme (financed by the
government) - cooperation with industrial
companies in the framework of international
research and education projects FP5, FP6, FP7,
Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates/Erasmus.
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Knowledge transfer
involves many activities that include both formal
and informal means of communication, interactions
and personnel exchanges at student and faculty
level.
Mechanisms for knowledge transfer

• Involvement of the companies in the university
  curricula

• Student work on corporate problems for their
  theses and dissertations, in companies such as
  Siemens PSE students from Faculty of Electrical
  Engineering and Computer Science and from Faculty
  of Mathematics Informatics Dacia-Renault Group
  students from Faculty of Mechanical
  Engineering Continental students from Faculty
  of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  and from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

• Cooperative education programs, internship and
  job placement for students and recent graduates
  provide means for knowledge transfer (Siemens
  PSE, Ina Schaeffler, Continental).

Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy

• organizing master courses oriented on the company
  needs.
• Example the master course in Automotive Safety
  Systems Engineering, developed at Transilvania
  University, in cooperation with Autoliv.
• The target group consists of young graduates,
  employed by the company, which also pays for
  their study fees. The curriculum is set-up by a
  joint team of academics and company specialists,
  so it is done the evaluation process.

• Leonardo da Vinci student mobilities knowledge
  transfer at European level.

new model at UTBv
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Technology transfer
it is generally based on the collaborative
research with the industry different models have
been developed along the years business
incubators, science parks, technology parks, etc.
all being created to foster entrepreneurship and
business development.
At UTBv attempts are carried on for business
incubator implementation. The present regional
development and the local community
preoccupations set up the premises for a
technology park development in the nearest
future.
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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Regional Development in a Globalized Economy
Conclusion
The concept of entrepreneurial university gains
more and more supporters nowadays Transilvania
University of Brasov follows the principles of
the entrepreneurial university strong relations
with the extra-academic environment (economic,
social and cultural) are developed, supported by
a structure especially created for this purpose.
The present opportunities opened by the European
companies coming to Romania gives a new
prospective to the cooperation between university
and industry, at all levels (students practical
placement, training programmes and scientific
research). Leonardo programme provides a useful
framework for university industry cooperation
speaking from the student mobility point of view,
the advantages are straightforward however, this
opportunity is not taken fully advantage of at
Transilvania University, a limited number of
projects have been developed until now.
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Simona LACHE ? Transilvania University of Brasov,
Romania
May 4 6, Tallinn, Estonia