1. Building a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem: Novel perspectives and teaching practices by Christina Theodoraki
HERE Study Visit April 2018

2. Plan Best practices Key take away
What is a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem?
Building a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem
Best practices
Key take away

3. University is part of an entrepreneurial ecosystem

4. What is an entrepreneurial ecosystem?
Identify strategic positioning
Theodoraki et al. 2016

5. What is an entrepreneurial university?
An entrepreneurial university: is a survivor of competitive environments with a common strategy oriented to being the best in all its activities (e.g., having good finances, selecting good students and teachers, producing quality research) and tries to be more productive and creative in establishing links between education and research.
It is not only a promoter of multiple support measures for entrepreneurship
but is also a developer of administrative techniques, strategies or competitive postures
Guerrero and Urbano, 2012

6. Building a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem
OECD, 2012

7. Adjust individual strategy
Building a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem
Adjust individual strategy
Theodoraki et al. 2017

8. Adjust ecosystem strategy
Building a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem
Adjust ecosystem strategy
Theodoraki et al. 2016

9. BEST PRACTICES Label of excellence in entrepreneurship
Aim: Build and disseminate knowledge on entrepreneurship at the crossroads of legal, economic and management sciences
Labex in numbers:
5 research teams
200 researchers
7.5M€ over 10 years

10. BEST PRACTICES
Annual competition for students’ entrepreneurship awareness
a business creation competition
for Master degree students
of Montpellier Management Institute
MOMA Start’Up Event in numbers:
20 selected projects
12 months of coaching
5 minutes pitches
1 Finalists Battle

11. BEST PRACTICES PEPITE-LR is the key player in student entrepreneurship
Aim: Promote the entrepreneurial culture among students
pre-support
support entrepreneurship as a vector of professional insertion
PEPITE-LR in numbers:
29 Poles of student entrepreneurship
8 higher education institutions in LR
193 Student-Entrepreneurs ( )

12. BEST PRACTICES

13. Forming entrepreneurial teachers
BEHAVIOR
reward individual initiative, responsibility taking and risk taking
ready to accept failure and integrate failure as an integral part of the learning process
learn and teach how to manage or mitigate risks
let students take responsibility for their own learning process, for instance by letting them create their own lessons or events
acknowledge not only the solution, but also the process of how to get there “Entrepreneurship is a journey”
SKILLS
have strong team working skills and perfect communication skills
are excellent networkers and collaborators
TOOLS
use a variety of creative methods as innovative pedagogical tools
use technology and social media in the classroom to support learning
explore new solutions, production techniques and computing tools which support the learning process
OECD, 2014

14. KEY TAKE AWAY
Partnerships between academics and entrepreneurs can produce remarkable results
Create bridges between students, environement, teachers, experts and support entities
Promote bottom up actions
Spread entrepreneurial culture
Multiply group diversity
Reinforce internationalization

15. Building a university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem: Novel perspectives and teaching practices by Christina Theodoraki
HERE Study Visit April 2018