Knowledge sharing between the economic environment and universities using innovative entrepreneurial learning techniques

• Author: Sumedrea S.
• Pages: 233-242

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 8 (57) No. 2 - 2015

Knowledge sharing between the economic

environment and universities using innovative

entrepreneurial learning techniques

Silvia SUMEDREA1

Abstract: The rapid changes in the social, economic, legal and technological environment,

combined with the IT challenges and with an increased competition on the edu cational

market has led the academic environment to the necessity to adapt itself, to seek to

implement new learning methods and techniques in order not only to survive, but to become

more significant parts of local communities. The main purpose of the paper is to explore and

analyze several ways of knowledge sharing between academic and business environment that

are considered innovative and capable of producing long-term positive results in terms of

improving the educational process in business domain.

Key-words: knowledge sharing, innovative learning techniques, entrepreneurial university

1. Entrepreneurial universities and innovative knowledge sharing

Nowadays, the education paradigm changes because teachers and students have

increased access to alternative sources of learning, many of which being offered in

open source systems. The main questions that arise in front of higher education

institutions (HEIs) refer to themes such as:

- What is to be done in terms of education for facilitating the knowledge

sharing in this new and challenging environment?

- What kinds of skills are needed in the 21st century?

- What universities can provide to increase academic community’s

motivation to participate as active partners in knowledge sharing process?

This paper aims to explore and analyze several ways of knowledge sharing

between academic and business environment that are considered innovative and

capable of producing long-term positive results both in terms of improving the

educational process in business domain and in transforming universities’ vision,

mission and role inside local communities.

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, Management Department, silvia.sumedrea@unitbv.ro