This study describes knowledge transfer from European universities and institutes to industry, focusing on the role of the Industrial Liaison / Technology / Knowledge Transfer Office function. It explores practices in European institutions and compares these with international ones, especially...

Explores new developments in research on networks of innovators in the 1980s. Synthesis of the empirical literature on networking shows the importance of formal and especially informal networks - through linkages with universities, government laboratories, consultants, research associations, and...