Universities are assumed to be agents of change. The underlying assumption is that they create new technological … the foundation of universities on structural change in the region. In particular, we use information about the foundation … of universities in West German regions over the period from 1975 to 2002. Structural change in the region is measured by …

The economic impact of universities on regional development can be due to their backward-linkages (e. g. regional … the other hand. Topics of the first chapter in this book are the variety of transfer channels between universities and … universitiesand their surrounding regions. In recent years, the concept of the so called "third mission" of universities (in addition …