The Intersection of the Learning Region and Local and Regional Economic Development: Analysing the Role of Higher Education

Shaw, Julie Keane; Allison, Janelle

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“…This research builds upon an established body of work on the relationship between universities, knowledge and regional development that dates back several decades ( Figure 1). Key concepts have been introduced to illuminate different drivers and dynamics at work, including the 'triple helix' of university-government-industry relations (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000), the 'learning region' (Keane Shaw & Allison, 1999;Maskell & Törnq-vist, 2003), and 'regional innovation systems' (Benneworth, Pinheiro, & Karlsen, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

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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Universities, knowledge and regional development

Harrison

Turok

2017

Regional Studies

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“…In a third phase (University Entrepreneur Three), academic institutions play a broader governance role, interacting with industry and government in formulating and enacting regional development strategy (Shaw and Allison, 1999;Chatterton and Goddard, 2000;Boucher et al, 2003). The university takes a proactive role in enhancing the innovation capabilities of the region where it is located, often in collaboration with industry and government actors.…”

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Innovation Lodestar: The entrepreneurial university in a stellar knowledge firmament

Etzkowitz

2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…Universities have been increasingly encouraged by governments to actively participate in regional development (Charles 2006). Some universities have assumed an entrepreneurial model (Gulbrandsen and Slipersaeter 2007;Foss and Gibson 2015), and their role in the generation and dissemination of information is perceived to have both tangible and intangible benefits (Shaw and Allison 1999;Goddard and Chatterton 1999;Vorley and Nelles 2009). At the regional level for instance, universities are involved in innovative projects that enhance the competitiveness of regional firms.…”

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Building of Academics’ Networks—An analysis based on Causation and Effectuation theory

Ahoba-Sam

Charles

2019

Rev Reg Res

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Individual academic scientists engage in various collaborations through their involvement in both regional and extra-regional networks. However, little is known about how these networks are actually formed. Focusing on university and industry networks, we take the view that the process of building new networks is an entrepreneurial activity that involves unpredictability and often goal ambiguity. This paper thus employs the theories of causation and effectuation to explore how the personal networks of academics are initiated. With evidence from the networks of 12 academics based at the University of Stavanger, Norway we show that both causation and effectuation are employed by academics when building their networks. The usage of causation was found to be more consistent with building industry networks whereas effectuation was employed when building networks in academia. Consequently, effectuation was characteristic of the international networks which were found to be mostly constituted by other academics. On the regional level, a mixture of both approaches of causation and effectuation was observed, with more industry linkages suggesting a tendency to be more causal than effectual. Furthermore, while causation was employed for project level networking, effectuation was employed for establishing more individual level ties.

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The Intersection of the Learning Region and Local and Regional Economic Development: Analysing the Role of Higher Education

Cited by 73 publications

References 7 publications

Universities, knowledge and regional development

Universities, knowledge and regional development

Innovation Lodestar: The entrepreneurial university in a stellar knowledge firmament

Building of Academics’ Networks—An analysis based on Causation and Effectuation theory

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