Abstract Studies on University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) have mainly focused on
processes at the individual and institutional levels. The result has been a proliferation of …

Policy-related discussions increasingly view universities as so-called “engines of economic
growth”. Recognizing that the economic impact of universities is dependent, at least in part …

The paper takes smart specialisation strategies as the point of departure and frame of
reference for the discussion of innovation policies and regional innovation systems. It aims …

The article engages in a critical discussion of the related variety/regional branching
argument and foregrounds a more differentiated perspective on regional industrial path …

The literature examining university spin-offs is expanding rapidly. While most studies have
examined the antecedents of spin-off creation at universities, the impact of spin-offs …

How are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does this
organization vary from place to place? What are the new geographies emerging from the …

This paper develops understanding about how incubation support and innovation strategy
can determine the performance of academic spin-offs. Using a sample of spin-offs from the …

The focus of this paper is to review the qualitative case methods that have been used in
technology transfer research over the last 20 years from 1996 to 2015. Case methods allow …

This chapter analyses opportunities and challenges for regional innovation policies
designed to promote new path development in different types of regional innovation systems …

We test whether there is a link between the performance of universities, measured through a
concept of efficiency, and the economic development of the regions in which they operate …