Trippl, Michaela; Smith, Helen Lawton; Sinozic, Tanja - European Regional Science Association - 2012
comparison of different conceptual approaches we intend to enrich our knowledge about the multifaceted activities performed by …. In the first, the university “third function†is conceptualised as part of the changing nature of knowledge production … and innovation. In this conceptualisation, universities are seen as producers of new types of “Mode 2†knowledge which …