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The Role of Consulting and Support for Entrepreneurship in Universities: A French Experience

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  • Isabelle Bories-Azeau

    (MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier)

  • Fatiha Fort

    (UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Florence Noguera

    (ISEOR - Institut de Socio-économie des Entreprises et des ORganisations - Institut de socio-économie des entreprises et des organisations)

  • Catherine Peyroux

    (UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3)

Abstract

Universities are emerging as key contributors to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This position is a result, on the one hand, of the pressure of public policies that forced them to change their status and encouraged the introduction of entrepreneurship into the academic programmes for students. On the other hand, universities are seeking to become more involved in regional dynamics by enhancing the employability of their graduates. This paper analyses the positioning of the university within the territorial entrepreneurial ecosystem, through its role of consulting and support for the process of student business creation. The results of a qualitative study of entrepreneurial support structures in the Languedoc- Roussillon region in southern France show that the universities seem today to be recognized as actors of the territorial entrepreneurial ecosystem. However, a number of questions about the role of consulting and support services remain unanswered, especially since the new role of universities can lead them to be perceived as competitors of existing entrepreneurial support structures and devices.

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  • Isabelle Bories-Azeau & Fatiha Fort & Florence Noguera & Catherine Peyroux, 2016. "The Role of Consulting and Support for Entrepreneurship in Universities: A French Experience," Post-Print hal-02066628, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02066628
    DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2016.13829abstract
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