With the collapse of the UK's financial services sector , this report investigates how our universities can be used to create innovative businesses that will be essential to us emerging strongly from the recession.
The Connected University report begins by examining the multifaceted contribution universities make to the economy, highlighting their importance as sources of knowledge, and skilled employees, and as the centres for regional economic clusters.
Eight case studies show how thriving clusters of economic activity have grown up around leading UK universities, and the effect of recent policy and university strategy in helping this to happen. The case studies also show how the way universities interact with businesses is evolving.
Published
April 2009
Author
Michael Kitson, Jeremy Howells, Richard Braham and Stian Westlake
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