Handbook of Universities and Regional Development

Handbook of Universities and Regional Development
Author: Attila Varga
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2019-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784715719

The Handbook on Universities and Regional Development offers a comprehensive and up-to-date insight into how academic institutions spur their surroundings. The volume sheds light on universities as regional development actors from a historical perspective by introducing institutional changes and discussing the interrelatedness of society, business and academia. It provides detailed investigations on various knowledge transfer mechanisms to help understand the diverse ways through which ideas and intellectual property can flow between universities and businesses. Detailed case studies from three continents (Europe, Asia, and America) demonstrate the highly contextual nature of the interactions between academia, industry and government.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Netherlands 2014

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Netherlands 2014
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2014-09-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264213155

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of the Netherlands, focusing on the role of government and including concrete recommendations on how to improve policies that affect innovation and R&D performance.

OECD Regional Development Studies Broad-based Innovation Policy for All Regions and Cities

OECD Regional Development Studies Broad-based Innovation Policy for All Regions and Cities
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9264333746

This publication summarises the main findings of a series of high-level expert workshops, organised with support by the European Commission, to deepen the understanding how OECD countries can move towards a broad‐based form of innovation policy for regions and cities. Weaknesses in technology and knowledge diffusion are weighing on productivity growth and innovation in OECD countries, particularly in firms that are distant from the technological frontier (global or national). This in turn weakens their capacity to meet future challenges and undermines inclusive growth.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Netherlands 2014

OECD Territorial Reviews: Netherlands 2014
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9264209522

This Territorial Review of the Netherlands covers the recently created top-sector innovation policy; decentralisation; and territorial reforms such as municipal and provincial re-scaling through mergers or co-operation.

OECD Rural Studies Enhancing Innovation in Rural Regions of Switzerland

OECD Rural Studies Enhancing Innovation in Rural Regions of Switzerland
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2022-09-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264807640

In contrast to falling rates in low density peri-urban and rural remote areas, high density peri-urban areas in Switzerland recorded double the rate of labour productivity growth than the national average. This report examines the Swiss regional innovation system and how it can boost productivity growth in rural regions by enhancing innovation.

Knowledge Borders

Knowledge Borders
Author: Kathrine E. Richardson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785369032

Key sections of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal with temporary labor mobility. Ideally, NAFTA status provisions should make the temporary movement of professionals easier across the border of all NAFTA countries. However, in the case of some key sectors, it is arguably not the case. Within the context of recent literature on cross-border trade, city regions, regionalism, international labor mobility, and post-September 11 security measures, this book probes the dynamics of transitory immigration of ‘knowledge-workers’ between the North American west coast city regions of Vancouver, Seattle, and the greater San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley area. This book includes in-depth interviews with Canadian and US immigration officials, immigration attorneys and executives and professional staff of new technology firms and Fortune 500 companies. It ultimately explores whether or not the Canada–US border is an impediment to the development of a cross-border high-tech clusters.

OECD Rural Studies Enhancing Rural Innovation in Scotland, United Kingdom

OECD Rural Studies Enhancing Rural Innovation in Scotland, United Kingdom
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2023-09-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9264182675

Scotland (UK) is a strong innovator, ranking among the top 20% of economies among European regions, with strengths in university-firm collaborations and skills for innovation. With close to two-thirds of all growth in productivity from 2010 to 2018 coming from better use of resources in remote rural areas, rural areas are critical to economic prosperity.