DOI: 10.5176/2251-2039_IE16.33
Authors: Mudde, Huub L.M.,Widhiani, Anita Primaswari, Prof.Dr. Fauzi and Anas Miftah
Abstract: This article explores the entrepreneurial transformation process of Indonesian’s national agricultural university, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), with a focus on the role of leadership. Innovation and entrepreneurship development are priorities in many Asian countries as instruments for economic development and employability. This study indicates what university leadership in Indonesia could do to successfully pursue an entrepreneurial agenda. It combines a literature review with findings of a mixed methods study at IPB, applying the European Commission/OECD entrepreneurial university framework: a content analysis of university policy and educational documents, a structured survey with 331 respondents, in particular staff and students, and 21 indepth interviews and 5 focus group discussions with 77 people comprising university top-management, faculty, students, and external stakeholders. Findings indicate that IPB is an entrepreneurial university from the perspective of research-based technology transfer and innovation, but entrepreneurially weak in the learning and teaching processes. It is an illustration of two distinct theoretical concepts of entrepreneurial university and of the pertinent role of university leadership in driving a transformation process. The results have relevance for the higher education community in terms of understanding the complexity of transforming knowledge institutions into more entrepreneurial organizations. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is not any previous study that systematically examines entrepreneurial characteristics of universities in Indonesia..
Keywords: entrepreneurial university; Indonesia; Asia; entrepreneurship education; higher education, leadership; organizational change
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