Frans Boekema, Roel Rutten

Economic Geography of Higher Education

Knowledge, Infrastructure and Learning Regions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This exhaustive study from an experienced and respected set of editors and authors looks at the impact that universities have on their surroundings, with particular reference to regional development. With contributions from such leading scholars as Peter Maskell and Gunnar Törnqvist, this book will be of great interest to students and academics involved in regional economics, economic geography and innovation studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9780415267724
• ISBN-10: 0415267722
• Artikelnr.: 21961419

Autorenporträt

Roel Rutten is Assistant Professor at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Frans Boekema is Professor of Economic Geography at Nijmegen University and Associate Professor of Regional Economics at Tilburg University. Elsa Kuijpers is a consultant for ERAC (European Regional Affairs Consultants).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Economic geography of higher education: setting the stage PART I
Universities, regions and the production of knowledge 2 The response of
HEIs to regional needs 3 Governance for university-industry collaboration
in Hong Kong 4 Knowledge still travels on foot: an educationalist's
perspective on regional development 5 University knowledge transfer through
social and professional embeddedness: a case study 6 About unlearning and
learning regions PART II HEI-industry collaboration 7 The role of
universities in the learning region 8 Interactive learning between industry
and knowledge infrastructure in a high-tech region: an empirical
exploration of competing and complementary theoretical perspectives 9
Networking between economy and education: regional knowledge transfer in
Dutch agriculture PART III Policy response 10 The national approach
concerning the learning regions paradigm 11 The national view on knowledge
production 12 Associational dilemmas in regional innovation strategy
development: regional innovation support organisations and the RIS/RITTS
programmes PART IV Conclusions 13 A new mode of knowledge production 14
HEIs, regions and the knowledge-based economy