The Conceptual Framework of the Entrepreneurial University

Unemployment has been a significant problem for centuries. The value of human labor has been decreasing in many sectors due to globalization and technological developments taking place in the 21st century. Innovation-oriented initiatives and entrepreneurs have gained increasing importance for dealing with unemployment and increasing human power on a global scale. Thus, a need for making changes to the university design in which the main focus is on teaching and research has emerged. “The entrepreneurial university model”, which is featured in the Triple Helix Model and helps redefine university-industry and state relationships has been created as a response to this need. The purpose of this review study is to present fundamental information about the conceptual framework of the entrepreneurial university and properties that universities need to have in order to be labeled as an entrepreneurial university. This study, which is one of the few studies that examine the conceptual and developmental features of the entrepreneurial university model, provides readers with a review on the evolution of university-industry-state relationship and insights into several theoretical issues and political orientations