@article{eggink2017evolution,
  title = {The Evolution of Universities to Address Innovation Systems Performance},
  author = {Maria Elizabeth Eggink},
  year = 2017,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JSABR/2017/989775/},
  journal = {Journal of South African Business Research},
  volume = 2017,
  pages = 9,
  doi = 10.5171/2017.989775,
  abstract = {The need for universities to evolve into active participants in innovation systems became eminent over recent decades. The evolution is evident in changes from development of human capital and knowledge creation to the inclusion of knowledge dissemination and transfer.  The changing roles of universities contribute to the impact of innovation systems on economic growth, as emphasized in neo-Schumpeterian economic growth theories. South Africa is a country with high rates of poverty and unemployment. The improved performance of the South African innovation system is essential for the economic development of the country.  In this article, the South African universities are evaluated to determine to what extent they have been changing to include the role of knowledge dissemination. The importance of this paper lies in the contribution to evolutionary economics literature on the evolutionary roles of universities in innovation systems. The paper is further intended to raise awareness of the changing roles of universities’ contribution to the innovation system of South Africa.   },
  keywords = {knowledge dissemination, universities, innovation systems.},
  note = Article ID: 989775
}