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The Formation of Intellectual Capital and Its Ability to Transform Higher Education Institutions and the Knowledge Society. Premier Reference Source
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Espinosa, Edgar Oliver Cardoso, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The knowledge society arises from the combination of four interdependent elements: the production of knowledge through research, its transmission through education, its dissemination through information and communication technologies, and its exploitation through innovation. For this reason, higher education institutions (HEIs) are the main…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Knowledge Management, Innovation
Managing the Research Function of the University: Pressures and Dilemmas
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Mintrom, Michael – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
How should universities manage their research function? Today, research-based knowledge is viewed widely as fundamental to economic advancement. As a result, universities everywhere are facing pressure to rethink their research activities. A general model of the research process is presented here. Linkages are drawn between that process, other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Administration, Research and Development, Performance Factors
Knowledge and Policy: Research and Knowledge Transfer
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Ozga, Jenny – Critical Studies in Education, 2007
Knowledge transfer (KT) is the emergent "third sector" of higher education activity--alongside research and teaching. Its commercialization origins are evidenced in its concerns to extract maximum value from research, and in the policy push to make research-based knowledge trapped in disciplinary silos more responsive to the growing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Social Science Research