Higher Education in the Arab World : Building a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

This book is the first major account of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab higher-education sector. It provides an update of the current situation and advances reasons for the under-performance of Arab universities in international ranking tables and the weaknesses of Arab economies. Specific proposals are made for upgrading curricula and assessment procedures as well as providing an environment that fosters innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour. The roles of university-based technology and business parks are examined, with examples of successful business partnerships in the Arab region, Europe, and North America. Opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship have never been greater with the wealth of rapidly developing transformative technologies that are driving the international knowledge economy. This book puts forward proposals for the management and exploitation of intellectual property, and for establishing businesses. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Introduction (Adnan Badran, Elias Baydoun, John R. Hillman)....Pages 1-11 Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship in Academia: A Review (John R. Hillman, Elias Baydoun)....Pages 13-71 Can Universities in the Arab Region Become the Engines for Knowledge and Innovation? (Adnan Badran, Serene Badran)....Pages 73-93 Building a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Universities (Quintin McKellar)....Pages 95-107 Science and Technology Parks and Universities – Facing the Next Industrial Revolution (Malcolm Parry)....Pages 109-140 An Overview of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Address Climate Change (John R. Hillman, Elias Baydoun)....Pages 141-181 Intellectual Property Rights (Paul G. Morcos, Elsa F. Khneisser)....Pages 183-204 Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset Through Experiential Learning (Jacqueline El-Sayed)....Pages 205-218 Building a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Holistic Development in the Arab World’s Higher Education (Mohamed El-Sayed)....Pages 219-231 Arab Higher Education and Scientific Research (Sultan T. Abu-Orabi, Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Razan Aladwan)....Pages 233-260 Turnitin: Building Academic Integrity Against Plagiarism to Underpin Innovation (Marwan El-Muwalla, Adnan Badran)....Pages 261-268 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: Enhancing Achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Mohammad A. Hamdan)....Pages 269-278 Innovations in Creating Incentives for Academic Achievement and Growth: Developing a Compensation Model at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut (AUBFM) 1999–2009 (Nadim Cortas)....Pages 279-326 Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)’s Experience in Building a Culture of Entrepreneurship in Its Engineering Curricula (Robert F. Anderson, Sohail Murad)....Pages 327-336 The Role of Faculty Members in Building an Entrepreneurship Culture in Higher Education: The Case of the Australian College of Kuwait (Isam Zabalawi, Sam Toglaw, Majed Alsarheed)....Pages 337-356 Reserch and Development Challenges and Opportunities in the Arab World: Case Study on Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) (Samira A. S. Omar Asem)....Pages 357-369 Imperatives to Achieve a Successful Technology-Transfer Model: A Perspective from the Arab World (Sami Bashir)....Pages 371-385 This book is the first major account of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab higher-education sector. It provides an update of the current situation and advances reasons for the under-performance of Arab universities in international ranking tables and the weaknesses of Arab economies. Specific proposals are made for upgrading curricula and assessment procedures as well as providing an environment that fosters innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour. The roles of university-based technology and business parks are examined, with examples of successful business partnerships in the Arab region, Europe, and North America. Opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship have never been greater with the wealth of rapidly developing transformative technologies that are driving the international knowledge economy. This book pubs forward proposals for the management and exploitation of intellectual property, and for establishing businesses.