Developing a «Soft» Component of Innovative Ecosystems in Flagship Universities
https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2020.01.008
Abstract
As a rule, flagship universities consider forming the core of the regional innovation ecosystem to be one of their main strategic goals. Achieving this goal involves not only creating an innovative infrastructure, attracting partners, but also developing social capital and innovative culture (the «soft» component of the ecosystem). The article studies flagship universities’ activities on the latter problem. The theoretical basis of the study is D. Douglas’s concept of flagship universities. The research methodology is a qualitative analysis of strategic planning documents and flagship universities’ official sites. The study showed that almost all the flagship universities aim at becoming the core of the regional innovation ecosystem. Insufficient attention is paid, however, to developing innovative culture and social capital. A number of universities do not set this task; nor do they target culture change in favour of ecosystem-friendly values. In almost all the universities studied, there is a shortage of specific managerial actions on influencing cultural values. The social capital is also underdeveloped, which can significantly impede the implementation of joint projects. The research might have certain limitations due to using only open access materials from the first-wave flagship universities. At the next stage of their development (after 2020), they should specify the goals and activities for developing innovative culture and social capital, as well as their benchmarks. Otherwise, the «hard» component of the ecosystem would not function. The results of the work may be of use for university leaders and their partners who are interested in the balanced development of flagship universities as ecosystem nuclei.
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Supporting agencies: Тhe publication was prepared basing on the results of the research work «Formation of the innovation ecosystem of technological entrepreneurship as a factor in reducing the mono-dependency of the region», financed from the funds of Kemerovo State University
About the Author
I. V. Korchagina
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina V. Korchagina – PhD (Economics), Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, Analysis, Audit and Taxation, Institute of Economics and Management
6 Krasnaja str., Kemerovo, 650043
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Korchagina I.V. Developing a «Soft» Component of Innovative Ecosystems in Flagship Universities. University Management: Practice and Analysis. 2020;24(1):106-118. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2020.01.008
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