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The impact of research and technology organizations on firm competitiveness. Measurement and determinants

Barge-Gil, Andrés; Modrego, Aurelia - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 36 (2011) 1, pp. 61-83

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Scientists’ perspectives concerning the effects of university patenting on the conduct of academic research in the life sciences

Davis, Lee; Larsen, Maria; Lotz, Peter - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 36 (2011) 1, pp. 14-37

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Universities and regional economic growth in Spanish regions

Duch-Brown, Néstor; García-Estévez, Javier; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011

This paper examines the main contributions of universities to the economic growth of Spanish regions. It calculates the … the economy at provincial level. The econometric estimations are based on information for all 47 public universities and … the human capital created by universities and the stock of university patents …

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Do universities affect firms’ location decisions? Evidence from Spain

Duch-Brown, Néstor; García-Estévez, Javier - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011

universities to firms. Based on a study of the impact of Spain’s 1983 University Reform Act (LRU), which opened the door to the … foundation of new universities and faculties, this paper examines whether university (or faculty) location affects the creation …

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Quantitative and Qualitative Rankings of Scholars

Rost, Katja; Frey, Bruno S. - In: Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr) 63 (2011) 1, pp. 63-91

In a former article we started to argue that publication and citation rankings of individual scholars do not effectively measure research quality, which should in fact be the essence of evaluation (Frey and Rost (2010)). For the field of economics we show that an alternative ranking based on...

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The impact of budget cuts and incentive wages on academic work

Willner, Johan; Gronblom, Sonja - In: International Review of Applied Economics 23 (2009) 6, pp. 673-689

Recent university reforms tend to mean budget cuts, economic incentives at all levels and a more powerful management, in the spirit of the new public management. Performance-based pay is often motivated through the principal-agent theory where agents would provide inadequate efforts under a...

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Single-Player Universities in the South: The Role of University Actors in Development in Vietnam's North Central Coast Region

Ramachandran, Leela; Scott, Steffanie - In: Regional Studies 43 (2009) 5, pp. 693-706

Ramachandran L. and Scott S. Single-player universities in the south: the role of university actors in development in … 'single universities in peripheral regions' (Boucher et al., 2003) can be key actors in regional development. This perspective … universities in Southern countries represents an alternative to short-term, foreign development projects. University-based centres …

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Patents and Academic Research: A State of the Art

van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno; van Zeebroeck, … - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2008

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Do rankings reflect research quality?

Frey, Bruno S.; Rost, Katja - In: Journal of Applied Economics XIII (2010) May, pp. 1-38

Publication and citation rankings have become major indicators of the scientific worth of universities and determine to …

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Study of the Economic Impact of Virginia Public Higher Education

Rephann, Terance J.; Knapp, John; Shobe, William - Center for Economic and Policy Studies (CEPS), Weldon … - 2010

This study examines the effect of the public higher education sector on Virginia’s economy. The study consists of three distinct parts. The first part consists of a full accounting of the current flow of economic activity in Virginia that can be directly tied to the expenditures and activities...

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