Fórum de Discussão: o retorno a uma utopia realizável - a Universidade do Minho como projecto aberto, participado, ao serviço do engrandecimento dos seus agentes e do desenvolvimento da sua região

quarta-feira, julho 12, 2006

Universities as drivers of .../policies and recomendations

“The general context of socio-economic activity in any given locale shapes the actions and performances of the universities. But more than that, university leadership emerges as an important factor in determining whether universities adopt a proactive approach. Adjusting their strategies to very diverse contexts, university managers can deploy their talents and leadership skills to address economic needs.
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As for factors hindering or supporting university-industry linkages, the institutional framework for urban development policies, and more specifically the incentive policies put in place by local governments, emerge as crucial. In those cities where local governments have more liberal and open policies – like Ho Chi Minh or Danang – universities tend to work more closely with firms.
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There is a range of policies that need to be improved for facilitating linkages between Universities and local firms. Financial constraints and the shortage of a new generation of university staff merit especially focused attention. Incentives need to be extended to enable university research to become more market driven and thus to better serve the needs of firms and industry. It is only though long-term vision that universities will become key actors in the overall innovation system in the country.”

Tran Ngoc Ca
Date: 2006-06-01
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:3949&r=edu
(extractos da secção “Policies, institutional framework and recommendations” de “working paper” intitulado Universities as drivers of the urban economies in Asia : the case of Vietnam; nep-edu, 2006)

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