{"id":48156,"date":"2026-05-12T09:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badania.uew.pl\/?p=48156"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:29:45","slug":"academic-entrepreneurship-as-architecture-of-impact-the-new-issue-of-impakt-dolny-slask-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badania.uew.pl\/en\/academic-entrepreneurship-as-architecture-of-impact-the-new-issue-of-impakt-dolny-slask-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Entrepreneurship as Architecture of Impact. The New Issue of \u201eImpakt Dolny \u015al\u0105sk\u201d (2\/2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In line with the Wroc\u0142aw University of Economics and Business Strategy 2030 \u201eInspiring Development\u201d, the contemporary university does not remain a mere commentator on economic processes but becomes their active co-creator. In this vision, academic entrepreneurship is not \u201ea third mission on the side\u201d but a logic that integrates research, teaching, and engagement with the environment into a single system, which Assoc. Prof. Piotr Bednarek<\/a>, Vice-Rector for Finance, terms the architecture of impact.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\"Obrazek<\/figure>\n\n\n

The new issue of \u201eImpakt Dolny \u015al\u0105sk\u201d (2\/2025), the biannual journal of the WUEB Think Tank, documents how this architecture works in practice: from knowledge transfer mechanisms, through social inclusion programmes, to European quality standards in healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation ecosystem: three pillars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The foundation of WUEB’s activities is the professionalisation of structures supporting academic entrepreneurship, built on three cooperating units. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

inQUBE \u2013 the University Business Incubator<\/strong>, which has evolved from infrastructure modernisation (Start-up House of over 1,200 m\u00b2) into a mature ecosystem managing the risks and opportunities of new ventures. The incubator brings together a community of over two thousand people and runs acceleration programmes, including inQUBE Academy (a three-month incubation programme) and FinTech Academy (a programme for future leaders in financial technology).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centre for Knowledge Transfer, Innovation and Commercialisation (CTWiK)<\/strong>, responsible for intellectual property management and the commercialisation of research results, including the creation of spin-off companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centre for Business Cooperation (CWB)<\/strong>, connecting the University with companies, financial institutions, local government bodies, and non-governmental organisations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, they form an \u201eidea-to-scale\u201d model, which Assoc. Prof. Bart\u0142omiej Nita<\/a>, author of the analysis dedicated to inQUBE, describes as a paradigm of university transformation grounded in the triple and quadruple helix concept.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expert competences in practice<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The issue documents three projects showing how this model translates into concrete results.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hossa ProCapital Student Fund<\/strong> \u2013 the first project in Poland in which students manage real investment capital under academic supervision. The Fund operates within the Hossa ProCapital Capital Markets Scientific Circle, which has been running educational activities continuously for 29 years. The initiative, described by Assoc. Prof. Marek Pauka<\/a>, Assoc. Prof. Krzysztof Piontek<\/a>, and Bartosz Kocjan, is supported by the Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW), the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW), BETA ETF, and Trade Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Quality Framework for Comprehensive Cancer Centres (EUnetCCC)<\/strong> \u2013 WUEB leads two work packages (5.1 and 6.1) in the largest European project to date in medical facility management, with a budget of EUR 112 million and 163 partners from 31 countries. The team led by Assoc. Prof. Witold Szumowski<\/a> (with Prof. Katarzyna Pi\u00f3rkowska<\/a>, Prof. Arkadiusz Wierzbic<\/a>, Dr Micha\u0142 Organa<\/a>, and Krystian Olek<\/a>, MA) is developing an organisational maturity model for Comprehensive Cancer Centres and a certification scheme aligned with Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freshpod<\/strong> \u2013 the first nano-shop network in Poland, founded by Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz Krzos<\/a>, Head of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship. The network was launched on the WUEB campus with EU funding and today operates in over 20 locations across Wroclaw, serving more than 7,000 customers. It uses artificial intelligence algorithms to optimise sales, forecast demand, and reduce product waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polycentric impact and social responsibility<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The issue also documents the regional and social dimensions of academic entrepreneurship at WUEB.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WUEB Branch in Jelenia G\u00f3ra, led since 2025 by Dean Assoc. Prof. Urszula Markowska-Przyby\u0142a<\/a>, runs programmes that shape leadership attitudes and counter regional marginalisation, including \u201eCareer Without Borders\u201d, \u201eLeaders’ University\u201d, and the Virtual Student Consulting Firm. The Branch was awarded the title of Fair Trade University as the second institution of higher education in Poland and the first in Lower Silesia<\/strong> (7 March 2024).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inclusion through competences<\/strong> \u2013 in May and June 2025, WUEB delivered a 96-hour e-marketing training course for 10 women with the experience of forced migration from Ukraine. The project was implemented within the \u201eIntegration in Poland\u201d programme (FEDS.07.06-IP.02-0035\/24), co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus. The lead trainer was Krystian Olek<\/a>, MA, from the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invitation to read<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Issue 2\/2025 also features an analysis of start-up financing in Poland (Marcin Majewski<\/a>), a discussion of university transformation models (Assoc. Prof. Bart\u0142omiej Nita<\/a>), case studies on science\u2013business cooperation at the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, and a presentation of the BORDO.SPACE platform for the creative industries, developed under the supervision of Dr Iwona Czerska from the Department of Marketing Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The material documents the transition from a traditional academic model to an impact-oriented university creating measurable economic, social, and environmental value. It serves as a substantive point of departure for anyone seeking genuine fields of cooperation between science and business in Lower Silesia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full issue is available at<\/strong> thinktank.ue.wroc.pl<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Tagi:<\/strong> <\/span>Social impact<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

Author of text: Justyna Morawska-P\u0142oskonka<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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