THE 'THIRD MISSION' OF UNIVERSITIES AND SOME IMPLICATIONS

摘要

An efficient management of the innovative resources inside the "triple-helix", namely university-industry-government network, must be provided, under the pressure of globalization demands, as an important condition for the successful implementation of the knowledge-based economy and society. Based both on (i) recent approaches about the "entrepreneurial university" syntagma (which suppose economic and social engagement in addition to traditional academic roles - education and research), but also on (ii) own experience in capitalisation of the R&D potential, this paper presents a critical analysis focused on the" third mission" of universities: (i) pros and cons to the new challenge, (ii) specific aspects of implementing the concept and (iii) possible implications for the higher education institutions.