University of North-Carolina, Chapel Hill

It is among the top ten US public universities in terms of research quality and has developed a centre of excellence on entrepreneurial studies, with particular concern for small and medium-sized enterprises. UNC is part of the Research Triangle Park founded 50 years ago by a committee of government, university, and business leaders as a model for research, innovation, and economic development.

Thus UNC constitutes an interesting experience of interaction between HEIs and the business environment where they are located.  Among the benefits of this approach is the increased employability of students are exposed to the business environment.

The topics with the highest UNC involvement in the programme will be entrepreneurship (through a multidisciplinary approach), US perspective on social economy and the experience in the integration of research and didactic activities with the local economic and industrial environmenIt