The European university landscape: A micro characterization based on evidence from the Aquameth project

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-164

  Daraio, Cinzia ^a   Bonaccorsi, Andrea ^b   Geuna, Aldo ^h,s,t   Lepori, Benedetto ^c   Bach, Laurent ^d   Bogetoft, Peter ^e   F Cardoso, Margarida ^m   Castro Martinez, Elena ^g   Crespi, Gustavo ^f   De Lucio, Ignacio Fernandez ^g   Fried, Harold ⁿ   Garcia Aracil, Adela ^g   Inzelt, Annamaria ⁱ   Jongbloed, Ben ^j   Kempkes, Gerhard ^k   Llerena, Patrick ^d   Matt, Mireille ^d   Olivares, Maria ^r   Pohl, Carsten ^q   Raty, Tarmo ^j   Rosa, Maria J ^p   Sarrico, Cláudia S ^p   Simar, Léopold ^l   Slipersaeter, Stig ^j   Teixeira, Pedro N ^m   Eeckaut, Philippe Vanden ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^e Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^f INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^g CSIC   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ IKU   (Hungary)

^j CHEPS ^*  (Norway)

^k DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

ⁿ UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^o UNIV LILLE   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^q Bundesagentur fur Arbeit   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^s Gestão e Engenharia Industrial Uni Aveiro ^*  (Italy)

^t GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Differentiation; Growth; Productivity; Size; Specialization; Universities

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH; SIZE; SPECIALIZATION; UNIVERSITIES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 78650703041     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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