UID:
edoccha_9959148380002883
Format:
1 online resource (280 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-54331-0
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9786610543311
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0-203-35805-8
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in business organizations and networks
Content:
Universities are increasingly expected to be at the heart of networked structures contributing to society in meaningful and measurable ways through research, the teaching and development of experts, and knowledge innovation. While there is nothing new in universities' links with industry, what is recent is their role as territorial actors. It is government policy in many countries that universities - and in some countries national laboratories - stimulate regional or local economic development.Universities, Innovation and the Economy explores the implications of this expecta
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. New paradigms in the twenty-first century; 2. The regional economy and the university; 3. Measuring the impact; 4. Europe; 5. The United States; 6. Labour markets in Europe and the United States; 7. Grenoble and Oxfordshire; 8. Stanford, Louisville and Princeton; 9. Conclusions; References and further reading; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-32493-9
Language:
English
