Abstract
“Universities, Cities, and Regions: Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation” is reviewed by Elvira Uyarra. “Public Sector Entrepreneurship: U.S. Technology and Innovation Policy” is reviewed by Qinling Lu. “State and Local Financial Instruments: Policy Changes and Management” is reviewed by Akheil Singla. “Pathways to Fiscal Reform in the United States” is reviewed by Colin Hodges.
Highlights
Much policy and scholarly attention has been paid to the role universities play as generators of new knowledge that can potentially contribute to wider societal benefit
Regions and cities are perceived as important loci where such knowledge is produced, and as key vectors shaping the nature of knowledge through learning processes aided by spatial proximity. Academic research in this area is mainly informed by empirical studies undertaken in the U.S and Western Europe, and little evidence exists on the nature of academic entrepreneurship and university-industry links in other national and regional contexts
This edited volume contributes to addressing this gap by giving an added perspective on the role of universities in Central European regions and cities
Summary
Much policy and scholarly attention has been paid to the role universities play as generators of new knowledge that can potentially contribute to wider societal benefit. Leyden and Link discuss the concept and theoretical background of public sector entrepreneurship and illustrate the application of public-sector entrepreneurship with examples of U.S technology and innovation policies that were implemented in response to the productivity slowdown in the 1970s. The second section of this book (Chapters 5-10) discusses the mechanism of these six policies in the view of public-sector entrepreneurship.
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