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Education for Sustainability through a Photography Competition
Scott, Rowena - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 2, pp. 474-486
This article describes the development and history of a sustainability photography competition. From its simple … beginnings as an environmental officer’s idea, an environmental sustainability photography competition began in just one … university. Now hosted by Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS), finalist entries are viewed on a public website …
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Universities as sources of information: comparing the role of 'open innovation' and companies' motivations.
Volpi, Massimiliano - 2014
The paper investigated the role Universities play as sources of information for companies' innovation. This study compared the explanations proposed by the 'open innovation' literature with those suggested by the 'resource view' of the firm, concluding that the way 'open innovation' variables...
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How do Organisational and Cognitive Distances Shape Firms’ Interactions with Universities and Public Research Institutes?
Broström, Anders; McKelvey, Maureen - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
This paper examines how the institutional set-up of public research organisations (PROs) affects how firms are able to utilise direct interaction with publicly employed researchers. We argue that the role that PRO interaction has to play in the firm’s innovation processes depend on the...
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Innovation Policy for Knowledge Production and R&D: the Investment Portfolio Approach
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
Who produces scientific and technical knowledge these days? What type of knowledge is being produced and for what purposes? Why are firms and governments funding research and development? This chapter studies the role of knowledge production (especially R&D activities) in the innovation process...
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The Impact of Private Ownership, Incentives and Local Development Objectives on University Technology Transfer Performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007
We study the impact of private ownership, incentive pay and local development objectives on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together with panel data on U.S. universities for 1995-99. We...
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Harnessing Success: Determinants of University Technology Licensing Performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study the impact of incentive pay, local development objectives and government constraints on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together with panel data on U.S. universities for...
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The impact of private ownership, incentives and local development objectives on university technology transfer performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
We study the impact of private ownership, incentive pay and local development objectives on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together with panel data on U.S. universities for 1995-99. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744928
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Institutions and Regulations in Innovation Systems: Effects, Problems and Innovation Policy Design
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
Institutions (including regulations) are constitutive elements of innovation systems, and therefore cornerstones of innovation policy. Focusing on (soft and hard) regulation, the paper identifies the most salient regulatory areas from the perspective of the innovation system. When asking about...
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Immigration and Innovation: Chinese Graduate Students in U.S. Universities
Gaule, Patrick; Piacentini, Mario - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2015
Immigration is rapidly changing the composition of the R&D workforce in the United States. We study here Chinese chemists and chemical engineers who migrate to the United States for their graduate studies. We analyze productivity at the individual researcher level, thus bypassing the...
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The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education
Elsayed, Ahmed; Shirshikova, Alina - 2023
We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We found that opening a local university increased the likelihood of obtaining higher education degrees and had long-lasting positive effects on labor market and marriage outcomes,...
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