Universities as change agents for sustainability-framing the role of knowledge transfer and generation in regional development processes

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-95

  Peer, Verena ^a   Stoeglehner, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Change agent; Knowledge; Ownership; Sustainable development process; University

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CHANGE AGENTS; ENERGY RESEARCH; INFORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LIFE LONG LEARNING; LIFE-SCIENCES; OWNERSHIP; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SHARED VISION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; UNIVERSITY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84873390056     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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