MIT and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science is a timely and authoritative book that analyses
the transformation of the university's role in society as an expanded one involving economic
and social development as well as teaching and research. The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology invented the format for university-industry relations that has be

Entrepreneurial scientists and entrepreneurial universities are reshaping the academic
landscape by transforming knowledge into intellectual property. Faculty members and
graduate students are learning to assess the commercial as well as the intellectual potential
of their research. During the past two decades, a broad range of universities, well beyond
those with traditional ties to industry, have undertaken to mine their research resources for
profit. As their interest in making money from their research resources grows, universities …