The world’s boldest universities have a unique opportunity to set the course for the future of global entrepreneurship, according to panelists at the 2008 Kauffman-Max Planck Institute Summit, held June 8-11, 2008, in Bavaria, Germany. More than a dozen speakers from Europe, the United States, and Israel, representing some of the finest institutions and freshest thinking on the planet, convened to explore in depth the ways research universities can foster entrepreneurship in the societies around them. The result is this unprecedented volume of essays and discussion synopses, which provides ideas and practical examples for the entrepreneurial research university.