Innovation and university collaboration: Paradox and complexity within the knowledge economy

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 703-721

  Howells, Jeremy ^a   Ramlogan, Ronnie ^b   Cheng, Shu Li ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Economic impact; Higher education institutions; Industry academic links; Networks; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861175212     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes013     Document Type: Article

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