Universities, Knowledge Transfer and Regional Development

Citation

(2010), "Universities, Knowledge Transfer and Regional Development", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 11 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2010.24911aae.003

Universities, Knowledge Transfer and Regional Development

Article Type: Books and resources From: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Volume 11, Issue 1

Edited by Attila Varga,Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd,London,April 2009,400 pp.,ISBN 978184542 9317,£89.95

The transfer of new, economically useful knowledge from universities to the regional economy has recently attracted the attention of academics, professionals and policymakers alike. This book focuses on three issues at the centre of current research: the geography of academic knowledge transfers, the mechanisms of these transfers with regard to academic entrepreneurship and graduate mobility, and policy experience in university-based regional economic development.

The expert contributors provide state-of-the-art overviews of the field, reviewing and outlining important advancements in theory, empirics and policy analysis. Importantly, the book includes unique case studies of university-based development in three lagging regions of Asia, Europe and North America to illustrate individual experiences.

This book will be warmly welcomed by academics, students and researchers focusing on regional science, the economics of innovation, economic growth and technological change. Policymakers involved with regional development and innovation will also find much to interest them in this book.