(Nowy Sacz School of Business – National-Louis University, 2012) Łącka, Irena
In developed countries, the academic entrepreneurship makes up a very important element of
academic environment activities. For some time, the increase in the role of technology transfer and
knowledge commercialisation has been also promoted in Poland. Strong connections between
the scholarship and the economy (in the future, within the university of the third generation) have
a chance to build an economy based on knowledge in our country. The flow of knowledge and
the introduction of new solutions (results of scholarly research) in enterprises take place through
the intermediary of various methods of transfer and commercialisation paths. Independent of
the manner, each fulfils an important role in the public life and economy. This is confirmed by the
experience of the States that are recognised as innovation leaders, and presented in the paper as
examples of Polish scholars’ academic entrepreneurship.