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Advancing the National and Global Knowledge Economy: The Role of Research Universities in Developing Countries
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Altbach, Philip G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Research universities are a central part of all academic systems. They are the key points of international contact and involvement. Research is produced, disseminated and in many cases imported. For developing countries, the mechanisms for the involvement of research universities in the global knowledge economy is complex, and includes issues of…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Knowledge Economy, Developing Nations, Technology Transfer
International Collaborations between Research Universities: Experiences and Best Practices
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Knobel, Marcelo; Simoes, Tania Patricia; de Brito Cruz, Carlos Henrique – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The world science scenario has observed, in recent years, an important transformation. With the advent of fairly complete publication databases and the improvement of the Internet a number of world university rankings were created, with a clear bias towards research universities. Also, a new field of scientometrics has been developed, and recent…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Best Practices, College Role, Institutional Role
Academic Technology Transfer: Tracking, Measuring and Enhancing Its Impact
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Fraser, John – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
Since the 1980 passage of the US Bayh-Dole Act, academic technology transfer has gained profile globally as a key component of knowledge-driven economic development. Research universities are seen as key contributors. In this article, focusing on the USA and drawing on over twenty years of experience in the field of academic technology transfer in…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Research Universities, Technology Transfer, Foreign Countries
The Global Research Race: New Models of Research Management.
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Davidson, William H. – Research Management Review, 1989
National technology development initiatives in Japan and Europe are playing an increasingly important role in many fields of research. Such heightened international activity suggests a need for a more global perspective on research administration, and raises many questions for the United States' research community and science and technology…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Public Policy
Meeting the Global Challenges Of a New Era.
Rogers, Debra M. Amidon – Engineering Education, 1988
Discusses some of the federal and state engineering research initiatives that have been launched in recent years, including the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Centers. Proposes that the status of the United States' competitiveness may depend on how well we manage this process as much as on the resulting technologies themselves.…
Descriptors: College Science, Economic Factors, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
America's Basic Research: Prosperity Through Discovery. A Policy Statement by the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development
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Committee for Economic Development, 1998
This policy statement looks at America's basic research enterprise and lays out the processes and systematic reforms needed to meet emerging risks to the outcomes from investments in basic research. The Committee for Economic Development (CED) undertook this project in the belief that significant progress with many of society's problems and new…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Progress, Technology Transfer, Research