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Szeged (Hungary) and the University of Lorraine (France) regarding their local economy. The topic is quite unique, as the …-economic welfare of the region supposedly depends on the university in Hungary, nevertheless the same amplitude in France. The goal of … successful university. The local economic impact of a large tertiary education institution such as a university is an issue which …
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Despite worldwide expansion of higher education, the impact of higher education institutions on local economic activity is still poorly understood. We analyze the local economic effects of branch campus openings in Tennessee and Texas, two states representative of the underlying U.S. enrollment...
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One important conquest of the XXI Century is the fact that Higher Education is available for a large amount of the population. This is important also for countries and regions due to the emphasis on the development of literature on knowledge and innovation as a motor for the development of...
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We analyze the role of universities or, more generally higher education institutions (HEIs), in terms of their regional and international embeddedness for regional knowledge base renewal. We assume that the introduction of radical patents in the sense of novel technological combinations...
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-side contributions of the university locations within Lower-Saxony using a combination of multiplier analysis and spatial econometrics on … or a selected university location but gives a complete picture of the importance and significance of all university … results give a complete and reproducible impression of the importance and significance of the different university locations …
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university members and their visitors, that positively impacts regional development. A demand-side approach was followed so that …
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recently, attention has also been drawn to the regional development role of university activities: the "Third Mission" of … studies point out, the success of university knowledge transfer is spatially distributed unequally, with some regions being … analyse an important influence factor on knowledge transfer success: the "fit" between university and region. High …
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Nowadays several successful examples prove that universities have a quite intense role in the improvement of competitiveness of certain territories and in many cases they have an active role in endeavors regarding economic development. Modern economic development demands that due to the...
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Universities have long been considered key players in regional innovation systems and innovation‐driven regional development. In addition, as part of the quadruple helix, they can play a major role in RIS3 design and implementation by acting as civic universities. This contribution differs...
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We study how the presence of a college affects the local economy using administrative data. Our analysis exploits the opening of new institutions of tertiary education across Germany in the 1980s and 1990s. The new college substantially increased the student population and share of high-skilled...
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