Knowledge flows from universities to the regional economy can take different forms ranging from formal research collaborations to consultancy and informal personal connections. One of the knowledge communication channels drawing substantial interest of both researchers and regional policy makers...

Contents: 1. Introduction / Katalin Erdős and Attila Varga -- Part I: Universities as actors in regional development -- 2. A history of the American land-grant universities and regional development / Nathan M. Sorber -- 3. The second academic revolution : antecedents and consequences of...