Universities, Public Research, and Evolutionary Economic Geography

Vallance, Paul

doi:10.1080/00130095.2016.1146076

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“…Situating universities at the centre of regional analysis reinforces the rich intellectual history of a research community interested in the contribution of higher education to regional development (Bouche, Conway, & Van der Meer, 2003;Chatterton & Goddard, 2003;Goldstein & Renault, 2004;Florax, 1992;Thanki, 1999;Vallance, 2016). It is valuable in prompting regional researchers to ask the same demanding questions of the institutions in which they work that they usually ask of others sectors of the economy and society.…”

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Universities, knowledge and regional development

Harrison

Turok

2017

Regional Studies

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Universities, knowledge and regional development. Regional Studies. The rapid expansion of universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world in recent decades has been followed by growing scrutiny of their role in knowledge production and regional development. This editorial and the papers in the accompanying theme issue reflect on the importance of placing universities at the centre of regional analysis. They examine why analysis of the stresses and strains permeating universities, knowledge production and regional development continues to provide fertile terrain for researchers in which to participate in important intellectual endeavours. Finally, they highlight the value of regional researchers asking the same demanding questions of the institutions in which they work as they do of other sectors of the economy and society. RÉSUMÉLes universités, la connaissance et l'aménagement du territoire. Regional Studies. Suite au développement rapide des universités et des autres établissements d'enseignement supérieur à travers le monde au cours des dernières décennies, on a prêté une attention accrue à leur rôle quant à la production de la connaissance et à l'aménagement du territoire. Cet éditorial-ci et les articles qui figurent dans le numéro thématique considèrent l'importance de situer les universités au coeur de l'analyse régionale. Ils examinent les raisons pour lesquelles les pressions qui se répandent parmi les universités, la production de la connaissance et l'aménagement du territoire continuent de fournir un terrain favorable aux chercheurs où ils peuvent participer à d'importantes démarches intellectuelles. Pour terminer, ils soulignent la valeur des chercheurs régionaux qui posent les mêmes questions difficiles aux établissements où ils travaillent qu'ils posent aux autres secteurs de l'économie et de la société. MOTS-CLÉSuniversités; enseignement supérieur; production de la connaissance; aménagement du territoire ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Universitäten, Wissen und Regionalentwicklung. Regional Studies. Die rasche Expansion von Universitäten und anderen Hochschulen in aller Welt während der letzten Jahrzehnte hat zu einer wachsenden Untersuchung ihrer Rolle in der

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Section: Palabras Clavesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Universities, knowledge and regional development

Harrison

Turok

2017

Regional Studies

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“…The literature on the interaction between universities (or research centres) and businesses has mostly focused on topics such as research collaboration, scientific entrepreneurialism and formal networks (Vallance, 2016). It has also tended to privilege the analysis of analytical or synthetic knowledge by measuring the impact of R&D, patenting and other types of applied research on innovation and growth.…”

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Human capital and university–business interactions: an example from the wine industry

Marques

2017

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Research on university-business links has mostly focused on knowledge exchange and collaboration. This is due to previous case studies of successful regional economies where this type of interaction has been shown to be a catalyst for business growth and continuous innovation (Vallance, 2016). What is sometimes not addressed in this literature is that such interactions tend to be supported by a thick and/or well-connected institutional infrastructure which is difficult to replicate (Trippl, Asheim, & Miorner, 2015). They are, therefore, less likely to function as catalysts for innovation in regions where this is not present. The main contribution of this paper will be to show that the training and supply of human capital is a very relevant, yet relatively neglected, dimension of university-business interactions that can have a positive impact on innovation and growth in less-developed regions (LDRs) (Camagni & Capello, 2013). On an individual level, the acquisition of human capital allows professionals to access knowledge produced in more advanced regions and transfer it to firms located in LDRs (Pill, Bristow, Davies, & Drinkwater, 2011). At the organizational level, this

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“…But at the same time it is equally possible for universities to qualitatively improve the way that processes operate in a particular region, extending the scope of the regional development trajectory, what Gunasekara calls developmental contributions. These developmental contributions create new potential development pathways for places, and contribute to support the positive evolution of places (Vallance, 2016). There are at least three classes of developmental contributions that universities make to places that also need consideration in attempting to strategically manage university place contribution.…”

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Civic and regional engagement and accountability

Benneworth¹

2017

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There is an awareness that the civic mission is important for universities and higher education in general, and there is also a growing interest for the specifics on the regional engagement mission. University regional engagement involves complex webs of interactions within loosely-coupled knowledge communities that consistently defy simplistic enumeration and measurement. Under circumstances where what can be measured and strategically managed comes to become what matters for the university, then the quotidian reality of the university is that civic and regional engagement missions are not taken seriously either by university staff or management. It is this conundrum that this chapter addresses.

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Universities, Public Research, and Evolutionary Economic Geography

Cited by 30 publications

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Universities, knowledge and regional development

Universities, knowledge and regional development

Human capital and university–business interactions: an example from the wine industry

Civic and regional engagement and accountability

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