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Entrepreneurial Higher Education Institution Questionnaire

With this questionnaire, we ask for an assessment of the different fields of activity of the HEI (higher education institution) as an organization, which makes it possible to obtain a general assessment of the implementation of the criteria characterizing an entrepreneurial university. Entrepreneurial university is oriented towards innovation and the development of an entrepreneurial culture, which requires the creation of a favourable environment for the personal development of students and staff, the implementation of their entrepreneurial ideas, knowledge creation and commercialization. The following dimensions are important for entrepreneurship in higher education: management; resources; developing entrepreneurial mind-set and entrepreneurship education; supporting HEI staff and students entrepreneurial activities; cooperation, research and development and internationalisation.

The study is being carried out within the framework of the program "Systemic Development of Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship at All Educational Levels" (Edu and Tegu). The results of the survey are used anonymously and the data is analysed on an aggregated (group) level.

Please estimate the following statements from your point of view, i.e. to what extent your HEI has implemented the criteria characterising an entrepreneurial university. There are no right or wrong answers, by aggregating the answers an overall picture appears showing the extent to which the HEI has applied the entrepreneurial university criteria.
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1. Management

This section addresses the value of entrepreneurship and innovation in the HEI, including: a) HEI management, b) organizational culture, c) contributing to the national and regional economy.
Scale: 5 - I agree completely ... 1 - I strongly disagree

1. Entrepreneurship and innovation are a major part of the HEI’s strategic documents
2. There are indicators in the HEI to implement the strategy
3. There is a person in the HEI’s management responsible for innovation and business relations
4. There is a structural unit (department, centre, etc.) in the HEI coordinating the innovation and business relations
5. Entrepreneurship and innovation are valued in the HEI’s strategic documents (development plan, etc.)
6. Indicators have been developed for the implementation of the HEI’s strategy (incl faculty, department level)
7. The HEI (at the level of the faculty or department) supports new ideas and initiatives presented by employees
8. Managers support the development of entrepreneurial organization culture by encouraging employees to participate in entrepreneurship-related events
9. The HEI’s staff is involved in strategy development
10. The HEI is a driving force for entrepreneurship and innovation in regional, social and community development
11. The achievement of goals related to entrepreneurship and innovation are regularly assessed (e.g. at least 1x per year) on the level of university and faculty/department.
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2. Resources

The resources of the organization consist primarily of the internal resources of HEI (e.g. financial sources, people) and the HEI’s ability to attract resources outside.
Scale: 5 - I agree completely ... 1 - I strongly disagree
 
1. In addition to state funding, the HEI finds additional sources of funding for activities leading to the achievement of the entrepreneurial university goals
2. The HEI’s teachers and researchers are involved in the execution of contracts with enterprises (development and business activities)
3. The HEI has created good conditions to foster co-operation between employees and departments
4. The HEI is open to engaging and recruiting individuals with private sector experience (lectures, seminars, practical experience sharing)
5. Executive education and training about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behaviour is available for the HEI’s employees
6. The HEI recognizes best entrepreneurship practitioners (e.g. entrepreneurs / mentors) and practices (e.g. collaborative projects with businesses) outside the HEI
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3. Developing entrepreneurial mind-set and entrepreneurship education

Scale: 5 - I agree completely ... 1 - I strongly disagree
1. Entrepreneurship education is available across all levels and curriculums in HEI (integrated curriculums)
2. The HEI has adopted entrepreneurial learning outcomes, which drive the design and execution of the curriculum
3. The competencies supporting entrepreneurial attitude are integrated into professional training
4. The head of the structural unit of HEI promotes the inclusion of entrepreneurs, specialists and practitioners into the study process
5. The HEI co-designs the curriculum and subjects with entrepreneurs and alumni
6. The HEI provides diverse informal learning opportunities to stimulate the development of entrepreneurial skills (free training courses, entrepreneurship days, pre-incubation, hackathon)
7. There are business idea competitions in the HEI
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4. Supporting HEI staff and students entrepreneurial activities

This section is describing the creation of the conditions for HEI students and staff to support their entrepreneurship related activities.
Scale: 5 - I agree completely ... 1 - I strongly disagree
 
1. The HEI supports students’ entrepreneurial activities starting from finding the business idea to start-up a business or venture creation (courses, development programmes, counselling, mentoring, pre-incubation)
2. The HEI supports its staff to move from idea generation to business creation (training, mentoring, counselling, academic entrepreneurship, pre-incubation)
3. HEI is offering entrepreneurial services for students at all educational levels (e.g. counselling)
4. HEI is offering entrepreneurial services as extracurricular activity for students in all educational levels (e.g. counselling outside the university)
5. The HEI offers or facilitates access to business incubation
6. The HEI facilitates access to financing for students and/or employees (e.g. Prototron)
7. The HEI facilitates access to financing for the development of employees’ research-intensive business ideas
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5. Cooperation, research and development.

This parts concerns R&D cooperation with different partners
Scale: 5 - I agree completely ... 1 - I strongly disagree
 
1. The HEI has a system in place to collaborate with industry, the public sector and society (contacts, laboratories, counselling, services)
2. The HEI values students’ research and graduation papers with practical output
3. The HEI structural units (faculty, department) have strong links with incubators, science parks and other external initiatives supporting entrepreneurship
4. The HEI staff carries out research and development in cooperation with external partners (incl enterprises)
5. Students participate in research and development projects in the HEI (faculty, department)
6. The results of research and development projects of the HEI are used for teaching
7. The procedure protecting intellectual property and its ownership of is clearly regulated in the HEI
8. The HEI supports technology and knowledge transfer through patent licensing and the creation of spin-off companies
9. The HEI facilitates technology and knowledge transfer through the contracts with businesses and other organizations
10. The cooperation with enterprises and other organisations are taken into account in HEI’s development and attestation guidelines
11. You have taken part in the execution of contracts with enterprises (development and entrepreneurial activities). Scale: 5- all the time 4- often 3-time to time 2- once 1-not at all
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6. Internationalisation

The questions in this section deal with the internationalization of the academic staff, students and curriculums of the HEI and related activities for developing an entrepreneurial university.
Scale: 5 - I agree completely ... 1 - I strongly disagree

1. Internationalisation is important part of the HEI’s strategic goals
2. The HEI staff participate in the international mobility
3. The HEI students participate in the international mobility
4. The HEI is recruiting academic staff with international experience
5. The HEI has joint curriculums with foreign HEIs
6. The HEI’s staff is participating in international research networks
7. The HEI's structural unit (e.g. faculty, department) is co-operating with international enterprises and organizations
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