Universities and regional economic development: The entrepreneurial University of Waterloo

Bramwell, Allison; Wolfe, David A.

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2008.04.016

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“…Nevertheless, it remains an important challenge to nuance the effects of distinct interaction channels by considering short versus long-term goals, as well as acknowledge the role of the context by exploring outcomes across different sectors and collaborative projects with varying intensity of interaction (Schartinger et al 2002). An interesting sub-stream of research explores alternative forms of interaction channels by means of attracting talent to the local economy and collaborating with local industry by offering formal and informal technical support (Bramwell and Wolfe 2008). Finally, a less investigated but promising research direction addresses the antecedents and consequences of collaborative portfolio management in terms of the scope of activities and the types of firms with which they interact (Wright et al 2008).…”

Section: Cluster 4: Interaction Channels Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations

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The substantial acknowledgement of university-industry (U-I) collaborations as promotor of economic progress, innovativeness and competitiveness fostered a continuous research engagement. At the same time, the U-I literature experienced a notable increase in the past decade, transforming into a multi-faceted and ambiguous research field, characterised by highly complex interlinks. The recent transformation hinders a comprehensive understanding of the latest developments in research directions and their clear delineation. Therefore, the purpose of this bibliometric literature review is to examine the evolution of the field and identify the primary emerging patterns. This paper employs co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling techniques to analyse the U-I publications dataset. The findings indicate that the U-I collaborations research can be systematically clustered, resulting in an interconnected ecosystem consisting of three levels: individual, organisational and institutional, respectively. Thus, this review presents the immense contribution that the analysis of U-I collaborations makes to various research streams. Building on these findings and employing qualitative content analysis on the clustered publications, the paper develops a research agenda that encourages future investigations of previously overlooked features of U-I collaborations in general, and their role across levels of analysis, contexts and stages of the collaboration process in particular.

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Section: Cluster 4: Interaction Channels Perspectivementioning

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Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations

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“…to explore the direct impact of specific research activities or the indirect impact of knowledge spillover Bessette, 2003;Martin, 1998;Roessner et al, 2013;Siegel et al, 2003). However, the natural role of universities in economic development is less well understood than is often presumed (Bramwell and Wolfe, 2008). According to the microeconomic foundation of endogenous economic theory (Lucas, 1988;Romer, 1986), investments in knowledge and human capital generate economic growth.…”

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Economic impact of entrepreneurial universities’ activities: An exploratory study of the United Kingdom

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Throughout economic history, institutions have established the rules that shape human interaction. In this sense, political, socio-cultural, and economic issues respond to particular forces: managed economy or entrepreneurial economy. In the entrepreneurial economy, the dominant production factor is knowledge capital that is the source of competitive advantage, which is complemented by entrepreneurship capital, representing the capacity to engage in and generate entrepreneurial activity. Thus, an entrepreneurial economy generates scenarios in which its members can explore and exploit economic opportunities and knowledge to promote new entrepreneurial phenomena that have not been previously visualised. In this context, the entrepreneurial university serves as a conduit of spillovers contributing to economic and social development through its multiple missions of teaching, research, and entrepreneurial activities. In particular, the outcomes of its missions are associated with the determinants of production functions (e.g. human capital, knowledge capital, social capital, and entrepreneurship capital). All these themes are still considerate potentially in the research agenda in academic entrepreneurship literature. This paper modestly tries to contribute to a better understanding of the economic impact of entrepreneurial universities' teaching, research, and entrepreneurial activities. Taking an endogenous growth perspective, the proposed conceptual model is tested using data collected from 2005-2007 for 147 universities located in 74 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics-3 (NUTS-3) regions of the United Kingdom. The results of this exploratory analysis show the positive and significant economic impact of teaching, research, and entrepreneurial activities. Interestingly, the higher economic impact of the United Kingdom's entrepreneurial universities (the Russell group) is explained by entrepreneurial spin-offs. However, our control group composed by the rest of the country's universities, the highest economic impact is associated with knowledge transfer (knowledge capital).

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“…They have become hybrid institutions with both a public mission and a private one. These trends have given rise to terms such as "entrepreneurial universities" and "academic capitalism" [Bramwell, Wolfe, 2008]. Internal governance and institutional management has also changed.…”

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Higher Education Institutions in the Knowledge Triangle

Cervantes¹

2017

Foresight and STI Governance

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T his paper discusses some of the policy issues and best practices aimed at enhancing HEIs performance and improving their impact on society and the economy within the knowledge triangle. The knowledge triangle concept aims at exploring ways to better align and integrate the research, education and innovation functions of HEIs. The paper describes the contents of the knowledge triangle, HEI performance through the lens of this concept, policies to promote the knowledge triangle in HEIs, as well as potential contradictions in relation to other knowledge producers, such as public research centers and companies.Keywords: knowledge triangle; research; education; innovation; third mission; regional ecosystems; placebased policy; higher education institutions (HEIs); universities; knowledge transfer.The conclusion is that there is no single model for universities and the knowledge triangle. This is due to the country-specific peculiarities of educational systems, diversity within HEIs themselves and the functions they perform, as well as the specific features of regional ecosystems. Accordingly, the key to the efficiency of the knowledge triangle tools is their place-based adjustment. In order to achieve a tangible contribution of universities to the development of regional and local innovation, it is necessary to ensure complementarities and a balance between their missions.

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Universities and regional economic development: The entrepreneurial University of Waterloo

Cited by 443 publications

References 18 publications

Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations

Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations

Economic impact of entrepreneurial universities’ activities: An exploratory study of the United Kingdom

Higher Education Institutions in the Knowledge Triangle

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