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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348222303321

Autore

Lawton Smith Helen

Titolo

Universities, innovation and the economy [[electronic resource] /] / Helen Lawton Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-280-54331-0

9786610543311

0-203-35805-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in business organizations and networks

Disciplina

338.43378

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship - Government policy - European Union countries

Entrepreneurship - Government policy - North America

High technology industries - Government policy - European Union countries

High technology industries - Government policy - North America

Knowledge management - European Union countries

Knowledge management - North America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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