We cannot advise Greek colleagues. All we can do is describe our experience, with the hope that our colleagues can something useful. We are constructing an e-library of links that help document policy issues related to entrepreneurship in public universities. We include Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) because even though it is considered a private university, it receives a lot of public funding through multiple tranches.
How the Once-Struggling Pittsburgh Is Reinventing Itself as an Innovation Hub
The path from then to now hasn’t been straight or smooth, but Pittsburgh has lessons to share. The city’s leadership embodies what we call New Localism, the idea that problem solving is local and multi-sectoral and requires long-term investments in the future. The result is a city that’s becoming the best 21st century version of itself...
The entrepreneurial culture in the city is exemplified by the culture at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, where there is a highly productive ‘revolving door’ between the academy, government, and industry, ensuring that knowledge gained in one sector is used to facilitate the invention and deployment of products, to catalyze the growth of entrepreneurs and companies, and to extend the boundaries of scientific application.
Generational Succession, Decentralization and Interdependence
The Pittsburgh entrepreneurial culture have three key elements. First, there appears to be a tacit agreement that universities can and should be play a major role in successful generation transitions. This frame creates room for highly complex, cooperative and interdependent relationships for research, teaching and development. These creative efforts result in innovations in technology and manufacturing, human development, health and wellness, language, literature and culture - locally, nationally and globally.
Second, both the universities’ internal and external entrepreneurial efforts are highly decentralized. This has been a successful way for all involved to manage relatively high degrees of risk. The University of Pittsburgh has a long history of decentralized professional schools, so the institutional culture was fairly well aligned with these newer efforts.
Third, there is a high degree of institutional interdependence across the universities and the public and private sectors. At a time when higher education policy globally tends to focus on higher education as separate nations, public and private; this view is increasingly dated. At the growing edges, private and public sector investment in university innovation is melding.
For example, public and private sector representatives will often sit on small business startups and regional development organizations. This approach requires a rather high tolerance for risk and uncertainty.
The road forward has not been smooth. We will, however, share with you what we know.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Population 2019 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs): Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the state of Pennsylvania and has the largest metropolitan combined statistical area in the Ohio Valley and Appalachia. Known as the Steel City … and the City of Bridges for a world-record 446 bridges, Pittsburgh has earned the title of the "most livable city" by Forbes and The Economist and a reputation for its environmental design.
Pittsburgh is estimated to be home to 301,048, with a metro area that has a population of 2.36 million. While many people consider Pittsburgh to be one of the largest cities in the United States, it's only the 62nd most populous, down from a high of 8th in 1910. Pittsburgh has lost half of its population from that height, and its current population is now estimated at 301,048.
Interestingly, Pittsburgh is still more densely populated than 5 of the top 10 cities.
Greater Pittsburgh Region: is a populous region in the United States which is named for its largest city and economic center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There are several official and unofficial boundary definitions which may be used to describe this region.[1]
In the most restrictive definition, the region encompasses Pittsburgh's urban core county, Allegheny, and six nearby Pennsylvania counties. Historically, Pittsburgh has been grouped in the "rust belt";[20] however, reflective of the rebound of the region within the last generation, the metro area has come to be associated with the newly rebranded "Great Lakes Basin" gaining representation in the Great Lakes Metro Chamber Coalition,[21] while the "America 2050" organization claims that Pittsburgh is one of the "principal cities" of the Great Lakes Megalopolis [22] despite the fact that the city is about 120 miles (190 km) from Lake Erie.