ABSTRACT

Over the past 20 years, universities have been faced with sustained change, driven by external factors. This has led to the evolution of the teaching and research mission and the creation and rise of the third mission. Such mission extension has led to the emergence of entrepreneurial universities which has seen a move from traditional research and teaching business models, to business models which incorporate a much wider range of activities, to meet stakeholder demands as well as sustaining and growing universities in the era of intense national and international competition. This special issue extends knowledge by providing novel insights into the multidimensional antecedent contextual influences, consequences and implications of university mission expansion. We also provide a foundational research agenda which will help guide future research exploring the changing and expanding university missions and business models.

摘要

在过去的20年中，大学在外部因素的驱动下面临着持续的变化。这导致了教学和研究任务的发展以及第三项任务的创建和兴起。这种任务的扩展导致了创业型大学的出现，它已经从传统的研究和教学业务模式转变为包含更多种类的活动的业务模式，以满足利益相关者的需求，并在这个时代维持和发展大学激烈的国内和国际竞争。本期专刊通过提供对多维先前环境影响，大学使命扩展的影响和含义的新颖见解来扩展知识。