pt. 1. Universities : local/regional institutions of knowledge creation and innovation in national and international contexts -- pt. 2. Universities, entrepreneurship and innovation-driven development -- pt. 3. Academic footstep in the city.

pt. 1. Micro foundations : from bounded to epistemic rationality -- pt. 2. Contracts and the firm beyond transactions : the governance of knowledge and association -- pt. 3. Organization design beyond comparative assessment : the discovery of forms, and forms for discovery.

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