{"product_id":"universities-innovation-and-the-economy-helen-lawton-smith-9780415324939","title":"Universities, Innovation and the Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversities are increasingly expected to be at the heart of networked structures contributing to society in meaningful and measurable ways through research, the teaching and development of experts, and knowledge innovation. While there is nothing new in universities' links with industry, what is recent is their role as territorial actors. It is government policy in many countries that universities - and in some countries national laboratories - stimulate regional or local economic development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUniversities, Innovation and the Economy\u003c\/em\u003e explores the implications of this expectation. It sites this new role within the context of broader political histories, comparing how countries in Europe and North America have balanced the traditional roles of teaching and research with that of exploitation of research and defining a territorial role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Lawton-Smith highlights how pressure from the state and from industry has produced new paradigms of accountability that include responsibilities for regional development. This book uses empirical evidence from studies conducted in North America and Europe to provide an overview of the changing geography of university-industry links.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Lawton-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415324939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415324939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.32w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 115","brand":"Helen Lawton-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064895680767,"sku":"9780415324939","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9dc3ab6e-796e-4abd-97ea-dcfaeca90e10.jpg?v=1768671759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/universities-innovation-and-the-economy-helen-lawton-smith-9780415324939","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}