Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Special Issue: The Knowledge Infrastructure: Analysis, Institutional Dynamics and Policy Issues

Universities as key knowledge infrastructures in regional innovation systems

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DOI:: 10.1080/13511610600608013

David Charles

pages 117-130

Available online: 18 Aug 2006

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Abstract

There are different dimensions to the role played by universities in regional innovation. One perspective is to examine the different forms of knowledge and knowledge transfer in the form of commodified knowledge, human capital and social capital. A second perspective is to look at different governance and policy contexts and consider national systems of higher education, national programmes for regional innovation as well as regionally specific interactions. Examples of university engagement in Europe across these different scales are presented. Overall, there is a need for integration and joining up of policies at the regional scale.