Universities are institutions whose activities have important economic and social impacts on their nearest surroundings …. Most studies of the economic impact of universities analyze exclusively the impacts on the demand side, the effects on … output, income and employment deriving from the universities' activity and their associated spending. This paper focuses on …

question of whether universities are simply producers of talent or play a much broader and deeper role in the socio … seeking to address these imbalances. Social implications Universities are a major economic agent in their own right, but they … universities do play a wider role in the growth and development of cities, but that there are large discrepancies in the subsequent …