TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yusuf,Shahid
AU  - Nabeshima,Kaoru
TI  - How universities promote economic growth
T2  - Directions in development. Human development
SN  - 082136751X
U1  - 330 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Academic-industrial collaboration
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Business and education
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Education, Higher
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - With the competitiveness of firms in an open and integrated world environment increasingly reliant on technological capability, universities are being asked to take on a growing role in stimulating economic growth. Beyond imparting education, they are now viewed as sources of industrially valuable technical skills, innovations, and entrepreneurship. Developed and developing countries alike have made it a priority to realize this potential of universities to spur growth, a strategy that calls for coordinated policy actions
ER  -