Vajon a kontinentális európai viszonyok között jelen vannak-e egyáltalán azok a speciális "akadémiai" hajtóerők, amelyek az egyetemek kutatói által működtetett - úgynevezett kipörgetett - vállalkozások mögött húzódnak meg? Támogatják vagy hátráltatják ezen akadémiai...

Az egyetemi kutatási eredmények piaci értékesítése, az egyetem-ipar közötti technológiatranszfer egyre nagyobb figyelmet kap Magyarországon is. A tanulmány a szerző 2009-ben készített felmérésén alapszik, és három kérdést vizsgál: 1. milyen intenzíven vesznek részt a...

Many studies, provided by diverse authors and institutions, demonstrate that, at a territorial level, development is directly related to the level of education and R&D. Territories with higher development levels are, generally, those that have a higher level of education and R&D. The...

Human capital is one of the most important channels via which universities positively affect regional development. This paper analyzes the relationship between university characteristics and graduation rates, and the role of regional characteristics in this process. We assemble a dataset for the...

The main issue in this paper is to analyze to what extend academic research at universities and university colleges have any effects on the regional growth pattern. In particular, we analyze the dynamic effects of research activities at universities and university colleges by including the...

This article focuses on the role of Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in regional development in three Austrian regions that represent different types of regional economies. TTOs can be defined as “bridging institutions” between academia and business. The value added by this approach...

This essay describes methodological approaches and pitfalls common to studies of the economic impact of colleges and universities. Such studies often claim local benefits that imply annualized rates of return on local investment exceeding 100 percent. We address problems in these studies...

This work attempts to examine how the global financial crisis has affected the education sector and more specifically, universities. So our paper examines the universities public funding especially in Europe, the mobility of teaching staff, students etc. Also the impact of the financial crisis...

The geographical diffusion of universities has been recently incentivized in Europe by the growing relevance attributed to them as a driver of local development and as a source of learning for firms. However, the decision processes about the location of the new universities and the design of...