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Book SynopsisDespite a wealth of efforts that examine separately the role entrepreneurs and universities play in economic development, no systematic effort has been made to examine the role universities play in promoting economic development through entrepreneurship. This book fills that gap, focusing on policy aspects of government-university partnerships with a discussion both of best practices and problematic strategies.
The book begins by tracing the history of American government-university-industry partnerships that have promoted economic development. In succeeding chapters, well-known scholars focus on linkages in different domains such as: technology transfer, innovation networks, brain drain, cluster-based planning, and manufacturing. Practitioner commentaries follow many of the chapters in order to present an evaluation of the arguments from the perspective of someone directly involved in the fostering of these relationships.
Non-technical and accessible in nature, the chapters summarize existing knowledge and research in order to help policymakers, foundations, university officials, business leaders and other stakeholders create and enhance partnerships between universities and governments that encourage economic development through entrepreneurship.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Scott Shane 1. An Historical Perspective on Government-University Partnerships to Enhance Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Irwin Feller Commentary Richard Pogue 2. Government Policies to Encourage Economic Development through Entrepreneurship: The Case of Technology Transfer Scott Shane Commentary Casey Porto 3. Creating Innovation Networks Among Manufacturing Firms: How Effective Extension Programs Work Susan Helper and Marcus Stanley Commentary Daniel Luria 4. Investing in the MEMS Regional Innovation Networks and the Commercialization Infrastructure of Older Industrial States Michael Fogarty Commentary William Seelbach 5. Buying Ohioans Loyalty? How State Financial Aid Affects Brain Drain Eric Bettinger and Erin Riley Commentary Robert Sheehan 6. On SBA-Guaranteed Lending and Economic Growth Ben Craig, William Jackson and James Thomson Commentary Robert Strom 7. Smart Places for Smart People: Cluster-based Planning in the 21st Century Knowledge Economy Michael Luger Commentary Hunter Morrison 8. Regional Wealth Creation and the 21st Century: Women and 'Minorities' in the Tradition of Economic Strangers John Butler 9. Universities, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Lessons from Abroad Bo Carlsson References Index
