Handbook of Universities and Regional Development

Edited by the late Attila Varga, formerly Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs and MTA-PTE Innovation and Economic Growth Research Group and Katalin Erdős, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs, and Research Fellow, MTA-PTE Innovation and Economic Growth Research Group, Hungary

‘The Handbook is a quality addition to the already deep literature on the topic of universities and regional development. Again, the focus is on the technology transfer and commercialization linkages and not broader areas of regional engagement that universities may possess. The Handbook could be a useful reference in a graduate seminar or a valuable addition to one's personal library.’

• Contents:1. Introduction 1Katalin Erdős and Attila VargaPART I UNIVERSITIES AS ACTORS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT2. A history of the American land-grant universities and regional development 11Nathan M. Sorber3. The second academic revolution : antecedents and consequences of academicentrepreneurship 29Henry Etzkowitz4. Universities and their economic and social contribution to regional development 44Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés5. The transformative role of universities in regional innovation systems : lessonsfrom university engagement in cross-border regions 54Jos van den Broek, Franziska Eckardt and Paul Benneworth6. Connections between universities and industry in the United States : trusteeshipbefore and after the great recession 73Sheila Slaughter and Barrett J. Taylor7. Philanthropic support of higher education : major gifts from high net worthindividuals 90Emily I. Nwakpuda and Maryann P. FeldmanPART II UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS8. University patenting and the quest for technology transfer policy models in Europe 111Catalina Martínez and Valerio Sterzi9. The regional impacts of university spin-offs : in what ways do spin-offs contributeto the region? 151Einar Rasmussen10. The under-researched role of alumni spin-off entrepreneurs in upgrading auniversity’s entrepreneurial support structure: essential ingredient or just adecorative accessory? 166Arne Vorderwülbecke and Rolf Sternberg11. Scientists as businessmen – can they, should they? 192Katalin Erdős12. Networks, innovation systems and the geography of university–industry linkages :the case of knowledge-intensive business services 210Andrew Johnston and Robert HugginsPART III REGIONAL CASE STUDIES FROM THREE CONTINENTS13. Universities, the bioscience sector and local economic development inOxfordshire : challenges and opportunities 230Helen Lawton Smith, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen and Laurel Edmunds14. The pathways and challenges of university engagement: comparative case studies 251Harvey Goldstein, Verena Radinger-Peer and Sabine Sedlacek15. The role of mid-range universities in knowledge transfer and regionaldevelopment : the case of five central European regions 279Zoltán Gál and Pavel Ptáček16. Progress of academic knowledge-based entrepreneurship in three minor post-Soviet economies 301Annamária Inzelt17. The role of non-research universities in regional innovation systems in China 329Yuzhuo Cai, Po Yang and Anu Lyytinen18. Changing higher education systems through corporate social responsibility?─ A study on multinational enterprises’ efforts to establish proto-institutions atVietnamese universities 348Jöran Wrana, Moritz Breul and Javier Revilla Diez19. Universities and innovation habitats in Brazil : cases of the Pontifical CatholicUniversity of Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 370Thiago Renault, Sérgio R. Yates, Leonardo Melo and José Manoel Carvalho de MelloIndex 393