Changing Roles of Universities in Developing Entrepreneurial Regions
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Universities have critical role as sources of intellectual property and talent in regional development and high technology industries. We present a theoretical framework based on social capital and knowledge management literatures describing the knowledge generation and transfer processes for universities. Our research questions are: 1. What are the roles of universities in regional economic development with respect to knowledge generation and transfer processes and how are they changing? 2. How do these roles and trends differ in the U.S. vs. Finland?
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