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The study aims to identify and analyse the key factors of student start-ups from the perspective of higher academic institution professors. Entrepreneurial students in higher education face challenges such as limited funding, scarce resources, lack of business experience and struggling to balance academic commitments with their start-up ventures. Additionally, they struggle with navigating complex business regulations and often lack access to proper networks or mentorship. This research contributes to a better understanding of how the entrepreneurial ecosystem in higher education institutions can support student start-up initiatives to succeed. For the research, a survey was conducted targeting ten experts from higher education institutions engaged with business or entrepreneurial study programmes. The research used the content validation method and descriptive statistical analysis to evaluate the responses, focusing on measures of central tendency and variability to determine the degree of consensus among respondents regarding the 36 statements provided. The study results revealed that while respondents agreed on the importance of student attitudes towards failure and self-confidence, there was strong disagreement among them regarding the belief that non-business students have a lesser chance of creating a successful startup. Also, experts suggested that entrepreneurship education should place more emphasis on the development of students' entrepreneurial mindset, which is considered to be an essential quality for the uncertain journey of entrepreneurship. Finally, the survey results indicated that networking and experiential learning are crucial for startup development. This underscores the importance of scientific debate not only on innovative funding models but also on non-financial support systems that surpass traditional educational methods in higher education environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

here is a growing evidence among innovation researchers and the broader innovation community that application of open innovation methods and techniques are beneficiary for all parties involved. The article presents the findings of a company survey that clearly demonstrates how profitable is for the companies to keep looking for new collaboration opportunities and ways. We found in the investigation of SMEs in North-West Hungary that small size by itself does not mean any disadvantage if the organization has intensive collaboration and dialogs with its buyers, suppliers and it makes use of the services provided by different research institutes, universities and other specialized experts. Our conclusions are pretty much in line with the growing number of publications that indicate it is worthwhile and profitable for the SMEs to use open innovation methods. This is verified by the higher turnover, exports and patenting activity of the SMEs actively involved in open innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the table of contents of the 2012 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium (NETWORKS) proceedings record. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]