The asset-based valuation of everything and its relation to science

摘要

The call to act more entrepreneurially is often heard when policy-makers and scientists are discussing shortcomings in the management of scientific institutions. Reforming a university so that it better ignites the spirit of entrepreneur-ship in the minds of its faculty, students, and administrative officers, needs more than just inspiring character sketches of resilient go-getters with a high readiness to assume risk, infectious enthusiasm and, at best, a common-good orientation. Any pragmatically relevant idea of good entrepreneurship must specify the conditions necessary to encourage entrepreneurial action: What incentive scheme should be implemented? What indicators should help evaluate its outcomes? What should the mechanism of accountability be?