A University Business School as an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Hub

Haven Allahar; Ron Sookram

doi:10.22215/timreview/1280

Technology Innovation Management Review (Nov 2019)

A University Business School as an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Hub

Haven Allahar,
Ron Sookram

Affiliations

Haven Allahar: <div>University of the West Indies</div><div><p>Haven Allahar has served for over 25 years as an adjunct lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation, and a coach of MBA teams’ capstone projects at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Haven has a wide academic and specialized training background in Economics (B. Sc. - Jamaica), Entrepreneurship and Management (M. A. and DBA – US); Industrial Project Planning, Financing, and Management (UK and Poland).  Haven served for over 40 years in senior management and CEO positions in companies involved in developing and managing an energy-based industrial park, SME development, urban development, and project planning and management. Haven, along with two partners, owned and operated for 15 years a consulting firm that provided project planning, design, and management services to a variety of clients in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. Haven’s research interests are in broad areas of business, management, and economic development issues. His publications are available at Academia.edu and ResearchGate.</p></div>
Ron Sookram: <div>University of the West Indies </div><div> </div><div><p>Ron Sookram is Director, Client Solutions and Director, Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, The University of the West Indies (UWI-ALJGSB), Trinidad and Tobago. Ron serves also as the School’s Resident Consultant on Corporate Governance-related projects and in this capacity leads governance interventions and designs customized governance training for boards of private and publicly-listed companies, state-owned enterprises, civil society organizations and credit unions. Ron has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on corporate governance, corporate responsibility and cultural history. Ron has collaborated with Haven on publishing journal articles on MBA studies, entrepreneurial universities, and management research. Ron is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies where he obtained a B. A., MPhil, and Ph. D.</p></div><div> </div>

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1280
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 11
pp. 15 – 25

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This article assesses the progress of a business school toward achieving the status of an entrepreneurial ecosystem hub with emphasis on the components related to entrepreneurial universities, entrepreneurship education, university business incubators, and university-enterprise-government-civil society collaboration. The objective of a business school serving as an entrepreneurial ecosystem hub, is to stimulate economic development, generate employment, and create innovative technology-based ventures or service businesses. These components are discussed from theoretical and practical viewpoints in order to provide greater understanding of the concepts. An insider action research assessment of the university-affiliated business school was conducted to gauge the progress made in building an embryonic entrepreneurial ecosystem centered upon a business school as a hub. Emphasis is placed on the need to develop strong collaboration among key stakeholders for achieving success in building an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem based on a quadruple helix system, consistent with the lead-in quotation to the article.

Published in Technology Innovation Management Review

ISSN: 1927-0321 (Online)
Publisher: Carleton University
Country of publisher: Canada
LCC subjects: Technology: Technology (General); Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor: Management. Industrial management
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