The commercialization of academic knowledge is increasingly seen as a potential economic development model, particularly for improving the capabilities and economic performance of regions. This insightful volume investigates the emerging factors in knowledge commercialization from an international perspective and highlights research agendas and challenges to be met across academia, industry and government. The expert contributors focus specifically on the new role of universities in regional economic development through knowledge commercialization, as well as university-industry interaction and the factors that influence knowledge and technology transfer. They explore ‘knowledge commercialization’ in the US, ‘knowledge valorization’ in Europe, and technology transfer dynamics in China. A forum for discussion of whether, why, and how commercialization and valorization of knowledge can lead to higher levels of innovation and economic development from an international perspective is also provided. This thought-provoking book will prove a stimulating read for academics, students and researchers with an interest in regional economics, regional studies and knowledge management.
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Part I: Introduction 1. Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization in Regional Economic Development: New Perspectives and Challenges Part II: University Engagement, Knowledge Commercialization and Regional Economic Development 2. Backing the Horse or the Jockey? University Knowledge Commercialization in the Entrepreneurial Age 3. Knowledge Spillovers and Commercialization in Universities and their Regions 4. University Engagement and Knowledge Commercialization: An Analysis of Faculty Attitudes 5. Professors’ Attitude to Collaboration and Central Infrastructure for Collaboration: An Analysis of Social Capital Establishment within Higher Education Institutions 6. Entrepreneurship Education in the Research-Intensive Entrepreneurial University Part III: Knowledge and Technology Transfer Dynamics and Regional Economic Development 7. Valorization of University Knowledge: What are the Barriers and Can ‘Living Labs’ Provide Solutions? 8. The Influence of Cross-Border Knowledge Interaction on the Relation between Key Subsystems of the RIS and Innovation Performance of Dutch SMEs 9. Region-Specific Productivity Competitiveness and the University-Industry Interface 10. Exploring Knowledge-Transfer Dynamics in a South European Region: Breadth, Intensity and Informality of University-Industry Interactions in Andalusia 11. Performance Measurement in Business Incubators: Empirical Evidence from Europe 12. The Impact of Human Resource Factors on University Patent Technology Transfer Activities in China – Based on the Analysis of Provincial Panel Data Index
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Print version: Baycan, Tuzin Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization in Regional Economic Development : International Perspectives Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing,c2013