Publicly Funded Principal Investigators as Transformative Agents of Public Sector Entrepreneurship

James A. Cunningham, Paul O’Reilly, Conor O’Kane, Vincent Mangematin

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Abstract

National governments consistently implement an array of public sector entrepreneurship policies and activities, seeking to generate further economic activity and create new networks and market opportunities that reduce market risks and uncertainties for market-based technology exploiters. This means that scientists taking on the role of being a publicly funded principal investigator (PI) is at the nexus of science, government and industry, and can have a significant influence and impact on shaping and delivering outcomes of public sector entrepreneurship policies and activities. Within the emerging public sector entrepreneurship literature (see Leyden and Link 2015; Link and Link 2009), we argue that publicly funded PIs as key public sector entrepreneurship transformative agents, through scientific novelty and originality involving some creative and innovative processes that can be exploited for opportunities with good market or societal potential.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Studies in Entrepreneurship
PublisherSpringer
Pages67-94
Number of pages28
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

NameInternational Studies in Entrepreneurship
Volume34
ISSN (Print)1572-1922
ISSN (Electronic)2197-5884

Keywords

  • Economic Prosperity
  • Industry Partner
  • Principal Investigator
  • Project Budget
  • Project Partner

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