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Informationen zum Autor Rómulo Pinheiro is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Oslo and a senior researcher at AgderResearch/the Center for Advanced Studies in Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS), in Norway Paul Benneworth is a senior researcher at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies at the University of Twente in the Netherlands Glen A. Jones is the Ontario Research Chair in Postsecondary Education Policy and Measurement and Professor of Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto Klappentext In a systematic, critical, and comparative manner, Universities and Regional Development shows internal and external audiences why, how, and when higher education's regional development efforts should take place. Zusammenfassung In a systematic, critical, and comparative manner, Universities and Regional Development shows internal and external audiences why, how, and when higher education’s regional development efforts should take place. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to the Volume PART I: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 2: Understanding Regions and the Institutionalization of Universities PART II: TENSIONS DERIVED FROM PATH- AND RESOURCE- DEPENDENCIES 3: University Ambiguity and Institutionalization: A Tale of Three Regions 4: National Universities and the Regional Dimension: A Dilemma? 5: Universities, Regional Development and Economic Competitiveness: The Polish Case 6: The Shifting Roles of Moldovan Universities in Regional Development: A Critical Policy Perspective PART III: TENSIONS DERIVED FROM THE ROLE OF DOMINANT PLAYERS/MODELS, LEGITIMACY AND SYMBOLIC COMPLIANCE 7: Excellence, Relevance and the Construction of Regional Science Policy: Science Frictions and Fictions in the North West of England 8: Institutional Specificity and Organizational Change: A Case of University Social Engagement in Brazil 9: Institutional, Regional and Market Identity in Chilean Public Regional Universities 10: Resource Asymmetries and Cumulative Advantages in Regional Knowledge Systems: Exploring a University’s Growth/Share Strategy PART IV: TENSIONS DERIVED FROM STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESSES 11: Scaling Entrepreneurial Architecture: The Challenge of Managing Regional Technology Transfer in Hamburg 12: The Relationship of Regional Engagement to Universities’ Core Purposes: Reflections from Engagement Efforts with Socially Excluded Communities 13: Managing Regional Engagement: The Role of Benchmarking PART V: MAKING SENSE OF THE FINDINGS AND PROPOSING A WAY FORWARD 14: What Next? Steps towards a Re-Categorization of Universities’ Regional Missions ...
