1 Nordic Universities – do they have any Entrepreneurial Objectives and Strategies?

This paper reports on a survey of the 20 largest Nordic universities, 12 Humboldtian type universities and 8 technical universities, and their espoused objectives and strategies regarding their entrepreneurial and innovation role related to regional and national economic development. The study is based on archival data; public documents issued by each university and higher education authorities. The paper describes and analyzes objectives, strategies, organizational capabilities and performance measures in relation to the Nordic universities’ innovative and entrepreneurial role and finally discusses reasons for varying empirical patterns