Universities and the Creation of Wealth

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-335-20309-3
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 331 g

"This book shows clearly what can be done and what has yet to be done. It is an important contribution to what must be a vital new phase in the history of higher education". - Sir Geoffrey Holland

It is becoming increasingly recognized that universities can and should play a role as positive economic engines for change, as significant partners with all the other participants in economic and social development. This book provides a basic insight into what universities currently do in terms of the creation of wealth, and into what kind of organizations they might usefully become. It explores how universities benefit their local and regional communities, and what more they might do. The first part of the book contextualizes the economic role of universities in terms, for instance, of the knowledge society, the global economy, small and medium-sized enterprises, and different countries (Canada and the ASEAN countries); the second part provides case studies of universities working with their hinterlands.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, Dave

Gray, Harry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Kostenmanagement, Budgetierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Introduction
Part one: A new awareness
The re-scoping of the university
Knowledge societies, academic capital and economic growth
How universities can thrive locally in a global economy
Measuring the economic impact of universities
Canada
The changing relationship between higher education and small and medium sized enterprises
The role of universities in economic growth
the ASEAN countries
Part two: Examples and cases
Universities and communities
cases from North East England
The impact of a new university on its community
the University of Warwick
Salford University
an historical industrial partnership
The University of Sheffield's regional office
Towards the community university
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Harry Gray is Visiting Professor at the University of Salford. He is chairman of the European Network for Innovation and Learning in Organizations and the Community, and Deputy Chair of the North West Region Education and Economy Strategy Group. He was previously a Higher Education Adviser to the UK's Department for Education and Employment, and he has written widely on management and education. He is a director of Mercia Educational Services.