The contemporary meaning of being 'an urban university rather than just a university built in
a city'(Goodall 1970: 48) is ambiguous. Is the university in the city or part of the city? This is a …

In what ways do research universities interact with regional economies? The answer to this
central question can be found in a framework of the interaction of university products and …

Medical and higher education institutions have become centerpieces of urban economies,
employing large numbers, purchasing goods and services, and anchoring neighborhoods …

There is increasing evidence that the stock of college-educated labor in an area has
fundamental effects on state and local economies through its association with wages …

Title first published in 2003. This book examines types of advanced technology Chinese
districts set aside for developing products for national and global markets. Culminating in a …

Coping with Adversity addresses the question of why some metropolitan-area regional
economies are resilient in the face of economic shocks and chronic distress while others are …

Examining the drivers of metropolitan economic performance, this paper models two
dependent variables: change from 1990 to 2000 in gross metropolitan product and MSA …

Many regional development policy initiatives assume that entrepreneurial activities promote
economic growth. Empirical research has presented rationale for this argument showing that …

Public universities occupy a unique place in the R&D system of the United States because of
their state-controlled missions, sources of funding, and administrative structures. State …

This article investigates the role of universities in the economic development of American
metropolitan regions during the Great Recession (2007–2009) and the growth period prior …