" Through a series of scholarly studies, Kenney and Mowery present an introspective and in-
depth study detailing the unique, symbiotic relationship between research and innovation on …

Research universities, particularly in the United States, have become more central to their
societies in the latter part of this century, primarily because they represent the central …

Valley and Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Route 128, and the
Research Triangle Area in North Carolina are well studied (cf. Rogers and Larsen 1984; …

Universities have traditionally played a dual role in the nation's innovation system. On the
one hand, they enhance the stocks of knowledge and human capital through research and …

During the 1980s, the university was posed as an underutilized weapon in the battle for
industrial competitiveness and regional economic growth. Even higher edu-cation stalwarts …

Over the past decade there has been an intensification of interest in how universities can
play a more effective role in promoting technical advance in American industry. However …

Can university-based scientific research contribute to the economic development of a
region? Can it generate wealth for the university? American universities are under …

Research universities are a recent innovation, having emerged in Prussia in the early 19th
century, and in the United States only in the aftermath of the Civil War. By 1940, perhaps a …

This paper provides a review of studies that examine the extent to which university research
promotes local economic growth and development. The primary focus of the paper is on …

Viewing the American university system's contributions to technological innovation through a
comparative United States-Japan framework has a bipolar effect: stepping back offers a …