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University research for innovation / edited by Luc E. Weber, James J. Duderstadt.
LIBRA LB2326.3 .G55 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Glion Colloquium (7th : 2009 : Glion, Switzerland), author.
- Series:
- Glion Colloquium series ; no. 6.
- Glion Colloquium series ; no. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Research--Congresses.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Research.
- Universities and colleges--Congresses.
- Universities and colleges.
- Research institutes--Congresses.
- Research institutes.
- Research and development partnership--Congresses.
- Research and development partnership.
- Education and globalization--Congresses.
- Education and globalization.
- Technological innovations--Research--Congresses.
- Technological innovations.
- Technological innovations--Research.
- Genre:
- Kongress -- Glion -- 2009.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Paris : Economica, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction. Respice, Prospice Higher Education: A Decennial Review / Frank H.T. Rhodes
- Ch. 1. Next decade, a Challenge for technological and societal Innovations / Luc Weber
- Ch. 2. Technological Innovation in the 21st Century / Charles M. Vest
- Ch. 3. Community Engagement as Social Innovation / Ellen Hazelkom
- Ch. 4. Curiosity and the Transformative Impact of Fundamental Scientific Research / Jean-Lou A. Chameau and Carol S. Carmichael
- Ch. 5. Industry as a Catalyst of Innovation / Wayne C. Johnson
- Ch. 6. National Innovation Policies: Governments as innovation agents of higher education and research / David D. Dill and Frans A. van Vught
- Ch. 7. Innovation strategies of European universities in the triangle of education, research and innovation / Georg Winckler
- Ch. 8. Team Players to Shape our Future: Do our Students Learn the Right Skills? / Ralph Eichler
- Ch. 9. Innovation Society: Canada's Next Chapter / Heather Munroe-Blum
- Ch. 10. Singapore: successful in research, striving for innovation / Bertil Andersson, Tony Mayer and Jeffrey Nadison
- Ch. 11. KAUST: An International, Independent, Graduate Research University / Fawwaz T. Ulaby
- Ch. 12. Transforming an Economy through Research and Innovation / Arif S. Al-Hammadi, Mohammed E. Al-Mualla and Russel C. Jones
- Ch. 13. Research and Innovation in Latin America / Juan Ramon de la Fuente
- Ch. 14. Research University as Comprehensive Knowledge Enterprise: A Prototype for a New American University / Michael M. Crow
- Ch. 15. German Excellence Initiative: Changes, Challenges and Chances for German Research Universities / Bernd Huber
- Ch. 16. New University Paradigms for Technological Innovation / James J. Duderstadt
- Ch. 17. Hi-Tech Industry and Universities: A Perspective on Dating for Joint Innovation / Michel Benard
- Ch. 18. Challenge of Establishing World-Class Research Universities in Developing Countries / Jamil Salmi
- Ch. 19. On Innovation Strategies: an Asian Perspective / Nam P. Suh
- Ch. 20. BILDUNG and Innovation
- a contradictio in adjecto for today's university education in a globalized world? / Dieter Lenzen
- Ch. 21. Injecting Relevance to make Innovation more Impactful at Universities / Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande
- Ch. 22. Learning in/for a World of Constant Flux: Homo Sapiens, Homo Faber & Homo Ludens revisited / John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
- Ch. 23. Summary of the Colloquium / James J. Duderstadt, Mary O'Mahony and Luc E. Weber
- Ch. 24. Universities and the Innovative Spirit Glion declaration II (June 2009).
- Notes:
- "June 2009 ... in Glion-above-Montreux, Switzerland, for the VII Glion Colloquium."--Page 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9782717857979
- 2717857974
- OCLC:
- 491945053
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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