machinery industry. Nothing has received as much attention as innovation, which has been pinpointed as the fundamental driving … force for economic growth and welfare as well as a key factor in competitiveness. Therefore, innovation growth is seen as a … mechanism to influence economic growth, and therefore firms capable of increasing their innovation potential benefit from …

application (innovation). The academic firm interprets and qualifies a disciplinary (interdisciplinary) variety of the background … production and knowledge application. The academic firm has an interest to engage in networks with universities (higher education … example universities or other higher education institutions. The proposition here is that the academic firm represents a new …

Introduction -- Leadership -- Purpose and Mission -- Digital Transformation -- Trust -- Entrepreneurship -- Innovation … challenges and opportunities for universities to be more successful and impactful through innovation, viewing universities as … by the innovations that universities and industry jointly create. The book serves as a guide for higher education …