Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis – utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures...

H<sc>uggins</sc> R. and K<sc>itagawa</sc> F. Regional policy and university knowledge transfer: perspectives from devolved regions in the UK, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper constitutes a policy analysis of university knowledge transfer-related initiatives in the devolved regions of Scotland and Wales. Both regions...

Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that academics and professional managers in universities think about their work, its value and organisation. The book highlights the need for space and...

This article aims to examine the new mechanisms of accountability and incentives for higher education institutions (HEIs) that are emerging at regional level in relation to the development of knowledge-based economies and new structures of governance. A new landscape of higher education emerging...

The last decade has seen a growing increase in policy discourse in many countries on entrepreneurship and innovation with a prominent emphasis on the role to be played by universities. However, it is far from clear to what extent institutional behaviours are influenced by this enterprising...

Based on an analysis of policy contexts in several OECD countries, this article examines the rapidly changing policy environment in Japan exemplified by the 2004 transformation of national universities into “incorporated” entities. The role of universities in the knowledge society is...

A partir de l'analyse des contextes propres à plusieurs pays de l'OCDE, on examine dans cet article l'évolution rapide de l'environnement japonais, caractérisée par la transformation en 2004 des universités nationales en entités « constituées en société ». L’auteur examine le rôle...

L’auteur examine dans cet article les nouveaux mécanismes d’incitation et de transparence des établissements d’enseignement supérieur (EES) qui apparaissent au niveau régional en même temps que se généralisent les économies du savoir et les nouvelles structures de gouvernance....

Depuis une dizaine d’années, dans de nombreux pays, les pouvoirs publics font une place croissante dans leur discours à l’entreprenariat et à l’innovation, en mettant fortement l’accent sur le rôle que doivent jouer dans ce domaine les universités. Mais dans quelle mesure le...

This paper examines the changing roles of universities against current policy and institutional landscapes in Japan, given recent university reforms, the concentration of resources to the ‘elite’ institutions, and ‘regionalisation’ of science and innovation policies. The variety of forms...