Cowan, William; Cowan, Robin; Llerena, Patrick - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
" to "universities of innovation." Policy makers and universities themselves see that one of their major roles is … supporting industrial innovation and thus economic growth. We argue that this rests on a mis-cconception of the nature of … innovation and the value of universities. We argue that a more appropriate function for this institution is as the "university of …