For the first time, data on individual European higher education institutions (rather than data aggregated at the country level) is used in order to examine a wide range of issues that are both theoretically challenging and relevant from policy-making and societal perspectives. The contributors...

Using information on new knowledge intensive firms (KIFs) and universities in Italy, this chapter explores whether and how new KIFs creation at the local level depends on university presence. We evaluate the impact on new KIFs creation of: i) the different knowledge inputs offered by...

This article examines how the scientific specialization of universities impacts new firm creation across industries at the local level. In accordance with the Pavitt-Miozzo-Soete taxonomy, we consider eight industry categories, which reflect the characteristics of firms' innovation patterns and,...

This paper investigates how far in space university knowledge goes to breed the creation of knowledge knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs), depending on the nature (codified or tacit) and quality of this knowledge. We consider the impact of knowledge codified in academic patents and scientific...