International Review vol. 1-2 str. 43-56 Abstract: While researches and commercialization of the results have been considered to a greater extent at entrepreneurial universities, the distinction between academic and entrepreneurial researches has not been addressed. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand the concept of entrepreneurial research which presents a more comprehensive and complete view of the entrepreneurial university and then to provide a framework that helps to comprehend this concept in universities. This study has been conducted using a constructionist grounded theory. The methodology of a structuralist grounded theory is an attempt to collect multiple but heavily focused data to identify and develop concepts. In this study, theoretical sampling and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. In this framework, the extracted main categories including governance in universities, communication with industry, entrepreneurial training, entrepreneurial research functions, cultural and social requirements, entrepreneurial research and commercialization are the results of the research. Entrepreneurial research functions are summarized in value creation, innovation and technique creation. The value of this research is firstly to identify the gap between academic and entrepreneurial researches, and secondly to formulate and provide a framework for the concept of entrepreneurial research in universities. The results of this research provide a framework for higher education policymakers and planners to develop an entrepreneurial approach in academic researches. Applying this framework will also reduce the unemployment rate of alumni in the society, and the employment of alumni will increase the economic growth of the societies. Naderibeni, Nahid Salamzadeh, Aidin Radović-Marković, Mirjana Providing an entrepreneurial research framework in an entrepreneurial university eng info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:5450 doi:10.5937/intrev2001043N http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Keywords: Entrepreneurial university, entrepreneurial research, value creation, communication with industry, commercialization application/pdf 444591 bytes 2020-07