Research universities in the United States have increasingly become involved in economic
development since the mid-1980s. There has been a corresponding growth of interest in …

This study explores the relation between social capital and entrepreneurship. We construct a
measure of social capital which incorporates indicators of; trust (generalized and …

We develop a new dataset using UNESCO source materials on the location of nearly 15,000
universities in about 1,500 regions across 78 countries, some dating back to the 11th …

Castaldi C., Frenken K. and Los B. Related variety, unrelated variety and technological
breakthroughs: an analysis of US state-level patenting, Regional Studies. This paper …

The role of geographically mediated knowledge externalities in regional innovation systems
has become a major issue in research policy. Although the process of innovation is a crucial …

A growing body of literature suggests that variations across countries, in entrepreneurial
activity and the spatial structure of economies could potentially be the source of different …

We evaluate the impact of the EC's Seventh Framework Programme, a large-scale research
subsidy programme, on the innovation activities of subsidized firms, with a particular regard …

We test the hypothesis that universities are more productive when they are both more
autonomous and face more competition. Using survey data, we construct indices of …

The phenomenon of entrepreneurial universities has received considerable attention over
the last decades. An entrepreneurial orientation by academia might put regions and nations …

This article analyses the effect of knowledge spillovers from academic research on regional
innovation. Spillovers are localized to the extent that the underlying mechanisms are …