MIT and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science / Edition 1

by Henry Etzkowitz

Overview

MIT and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science is a timely and authoritative book that analyses the transformation of the university's role in society as an expanded one involving economic and social development as well as teaching and research. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology invented the format for university-industry relations that has been copied all over America and latterly the rest of the world. This excellent book shows that the ground-breaking university-industry-government interactions have become one of the foundations of modern successful economies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415285162
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/20/2002
Series:	Routledge Studies in Global Competition , #12
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1560L (what's this?)

About the Author

Henry Etzkowitz

Table of Contents

Introduction: MIT and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial University1. The Second Academic Revolution2. MIT: the Founding of an Entrepreneurial University3. Controversy Over Consultation4. The Traffic Among MIT, Industry and the Military5. Knowledge as Property: the Debate Over Patenting Academic Science6. The Regulation of Academic Patenting7. Enterprises from Science: the Origin of Science-Based Regional Economic Development8. The Invention of the Venture Capital Firm: American Research and Development9. Stanford and Silicon Valley: Enhancement of the MIT Model10. Technology Transfer Universalized: the Bayh-Dole Regime11. The Making of the Entrepreneurial Scientists12. Innovation: the Endless Transition

Editorial Reviews

'A fascinating volume.' - Research Policy

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