Rosenberg, Nathan; Steinmueller, W. Edward - In: Industrial and Corporate Change 22 (2013) 5, pp. 1129-1158
how universities assumed central roles not only in advancing the frontier of knowledge but also in pioneering new means … for diffusing and exploiting this knowledge. We highlight features of the engineering knowledge of this period that … distinguished it from scientific knowledge, the interplay between public and private initiatives that supported changes in the roles …