Universities, Innovation and the Economy

by Helen Lawton Smith and Helen Lawton-Smith

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415324939
• ISBN13: 9780415324939
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"