Universities in crisis?-new challenges and strategies in two English city-regions

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 327-348

  Charles, David ^a,b   Kitagawa, Fumi ^c   Uyarra, Elvira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

city regions; governance; regional development agencies; regional innovation systems; third mission; universities

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGHER EDUCATION; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; GREATER MANCHESTER; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84902468848     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rst029     Document Type: Article

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