Designing a University Entrepreneurial Development Model Based on Higher Education Planning

The growing importance of university entrepreneurship as a key strategy for innovation and creativity in line with regional capabilities and advantages is of utmost attention these days. The present research has been conducted by taking into account qualitative method and an analytical approach. The statistical population included academic and organizational experts who were selected through purposeful method and the interview continued until a theoretical saturation was reached. Both validity and reliability were put to test. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA2018 software and with three coding steps (instance, main theme, and sub-theme) axes were identified. Based on the research results; university entrepreneurship drivers including "government, industry, society and university" higher education planning including "culture, labor, geography and history", effective governance factors including "strategic, regulatory and upstream document", institutional factors including "formal and informal institutions", dynamic compliance mechanisms including "identifying opportunities and capabilities of the region, tailoring and meeting the needs of regions" Suggested values ​​including "innovation, opportunism and utilitarianism were identified as "international, national, environmental and strategic strategies", evaluation including "micro and macro evaluation" and outcomes including "economic, political, social / cultural consequences" were identified. This research provided a practical model by systematizing and completing the "triple, quadruple and quintile" helical models. In the context of Iran, the excellence of higher education and the development of university entrepreneurship based on regional capabilities and advantages were presented.