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Pallotta, Vincenzo; Campisi, David – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
In this article, the authors present STarmac, a pre-incubator developed by the Swiss Applied Science University of Canton Vaud (HEIG-VD), which aims to support young founders in the development of innovative business ideas by providing them with the tools to manage market and technology risk. The article describes the STarmac pre-incubator and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Universities, Research and Development
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Le, Thanh; Tang, Kam Ki – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper empirically examines the impact of academic research on high-tech manufacturing growth of 28 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and emerging countries over the 1991-2005 period. A standard research and development (R&D) expenditure based measure is found to be too general to capture the input in high-tech…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Manufacturing Industry, Technological Advancement, International Organizations
Garke, Esther – 1984
The federal system of higher education in Switzerland is described. Consideration is given to: the links between the second and third cycle education that facilitate access to higher education; the system of examinations and diplomas; research; university libraries; nontraditional education; and working conditions for faculty. After summarizing…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Faculty, College Programs