TY - JOUR
T1 - Changing Times at Cuban Universities
T2 - Looking into the Transition towards a Social, Entrepreneurial and Innovative Organization
AU - Cruz-Amarán, Damaris
AU - Guerrero, Maribel
AU - Hernández-Ruiz , Alma Delia
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Since the 1990s, the socialist higher education system has faced several reforms oriented to satisfy the social, economic, and technological demands. However, little is known about the transformation process of the socialist university system over the past two decades. This study provides a better understanding of the entrepreneurial and innovative transition of universities located in socialist economies. By adopting mixed theoretical approaches, we proposed a conceptual model to understand the social, the innovative and the entrepreneurial transformation of socialist universities. We revised/tested this model in the context of the Cuban University by implementing a prospective case study approach. Our findings show insights about the transition towards a business model innovation within the Cuban university. The determinants have been the state regulations, the closing of the complete cycle from teaching to the commercialization of results and the creation of hybrid structures to manage knowledge. Consequently, the university is facing managerial challenges related to its ability to explore/exploit its activities to generate social, innovative and economic outcomes. Our results provide practical implications for the university managers and actors involved in the transformation process of the Cuban University
AB - Since the 1990s, the socialist higher education system has faced several reforms oriented to satisfy the social, economic, and technological demands. However, little is known about the transformation process of the socialist university system over the past two decades. This study provides a better understanding of the entrepreneurial and innovative transition of universities located in socialist economies. By adopting mixed theoretical approaches, we proposed a conceptual model to understand the social, the innovative and the entrepreneurial transformation of socialist universities. We revised/tested this model in the context of the Cuban University by implementing a prospective case study approach. Our findings show insights about the transition towards a business model innovation within the Cuban university. The determinants have been the state regulations, the closing of the complete cycle from teaching to the commercialization of results and the creation of hybrid structures to manage knowledge. Consequently, the university is facing managerial challenges related to its ability to explore/exploit its activities to generate social, innovative and economic outcomes. Our results provide practical implications for the university managers and actors involved in the transformation process of the Cuban University
KW - Cuba
KW - socialist economies
KW - innovation ecosystem
KW - business model innovation
KW - entrepreneurial universities
KW - social entrepreneurship
KW - higher education system
U2 - 10.3390/su12062536
DO - 10.3390/su12062536
M3 - Article
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 6
M1 - 2536
ER -