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This chapter presents the results of a comparative study of innovation policies and their impacts on universities in a number of the leading countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It focuses on the activities in these universities in western industrialized nations regarding academic research, research doctoral training, and knowledge transfer, based on the premise that these activities [the Academic Research Enterprise (ARE)] are highly influential in modern industrial innovation processes. ARE is a substantial and growing portion of national research and development and is the essential source of social and economic development. Finally, the chapter explores the contributions of universities to innovation as well as the impacts of current innovation policies on university behavior.
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Dill, D.D., van Vught, F. (2014). The Contribution of Universities to Innovation: Insights from a Comparative Study of the Leading OECD Nations. In: Maldonado-Maldonado, A., Bassett, R. (eds) The Forefront of International Higher Education. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7085-0_18
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