Universities as Engines of Economic Development Making Knowledge Exc
This book describes patterns of behavior, which collectively allow universities to exchange knowledge more effectively with industry, accelerate innovation and eventually contribute to economic growth and development. These are based on the effective prac
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Universities as Engines of Economic Development
Edward Crawley • John Hegarty Kristina Edström • Juan Cristobal Garcia Sanchez
Universities as Engines of Economic Development Making Knowledge Exchange Work
Edward Crawley Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
John Hegarty Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Kristina Edström KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
Juan Cristobal Garcia Sanchez Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
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To Karen, Neasa, Adam, Ana Paula, and all the members of our families who supported us in this endeavor.
Authors’ Foreword
We wrote this book because we identified an opportunity to enhance the sustainable development of society. We seek to raise universities’ ambitions and capabilities in a way that is aligned with the desires of society. Advancing societal development, and, in particular, economic development, is not a new contribution of universities. They already do this through education, research, and what is traditionally called service. We saw a need for systematic exploration of these matters across universities worldwide. Our contribution is captured as a set of patterns of human behavior that we call practices. We also draw attention to the interplay between these practices and illustrate them with case studies. These ideas are born out of joint reflection on various practical experiences, harvesting some of our own lessons learned. Edw
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