This book presents an overview of recent policy outcomes in the field of academia-business links in different European countries. It covers a broad range of approaches, from new public funding instruments to reforms of intellectual property rights and regional network policies. A special focus is put on practical policy implications and discussions about reform.

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JAVIER ALFONSO-GIL Professor of Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain PAUL BENNEWORTH ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle, UK GUIDO BENZLER is a Manager at Deloitte Consulting in Düsseldorf, Germany ULRICH BLUM Professor for Economic Policy, Dresden University of Technology, Germany RICCARDO CAPPELLIN Professor for Economics, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy PHIL COOKE Professor in Regional Development, Founding Director of Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University, UK STUART DAWLEY Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle, UK JÜRGEN EGELN Senior Researcher, Industrial Economics and International Management, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany DELPHINE GALLAUD Researcher, Institute des Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Socio-économie, Université Paris Dauphine, France SANDRA GOTTSCHALK Research Fellow, Industrial Economics and International Management, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany DOUGLAS HAGUE Associate Fellow, Templeton College, University of Oxford and Visiting Professor of Managerial Economics, Manchester Business School, UK REBECCA HARDING Chief Economist, The Work Foundation, London, UK MICHAEL KRAUS Senior Manager, Kraus Technology Consulting, Munich, Germany JORDI MOLAS-GALLART Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, Universityof Sussex, Brighton, UK SIMONE MÜLLER Research Assistant, Dresden University of Technology, Germany CHRISTIAN RAMMER Senior Researcher, Industrial Economics and International Management, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany ANTONIA SAEZ-CALA Associate Professor in Regional Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain ALFRED SPIELKAMP Professor in Economics, University of Applied Science, Gelsenkirchen, Germany MICHAEL STEINER Director of the Institute of Technology and Research Policy, Joanneum Research Centre, Graz, and Professor for Economics, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria ANDRE TORRE Professor for Economics and Research Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France

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Introduction: Academia-Business Linkages in Europe; R.Wink PART ONE: THE CHANGED ENVIRONMENT OF UNIVERSITIES Spin offs and Start ups in UK Universities; D.Hague Are Research Spin offs a Local Phenomenon? Empirical Findings from Germany; J.Egeln, S.Gottschalk, C.Rammer & A.Spielkamp Academia and Business: Links and Lags in Spain; J.Alfonso-Gil & A.Saez-Cala Measuring and Funding the 'Third Mission': The UK Policy Debate; J.Molas-Gallart The Role of Intellectual Property Rights Regimes for R&D Cooperation between Industry and Academia; U.Blum & S.Müller PART TWO: ACADEMIA-BUSINESS LINKAGES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Why Invest in Biotechnology? German and British Biotechnology Compared; R.Harding Geographical Proximity and Circulation of Knowledge through Inter-firm Cooperation; D.Gallaud & A.Torre Evaluating the Future Impact of Academic Research in New Technologies: The Case of Bio-Photonics in Germany; G.Benzler & M.Kraus The Matrix INT (Instruments and Needs of Technology) and the Evaluation of Innovation Policies; R.Cappellin PART THREE: ACADEMIA-BUSINESS LINKAGES AND THE REGIONAL DIMENSION The Territorial Development of Innovation Support Assets through University-Business Interactions: Towards a Dynamic Model; P.Benneworth & S.Dawley Regional Innovation System Barriers and the Rise of Boundary Crossing Institutions; P.Cooke Universities as Hubs to Global Knowledge Pipelines? A Strategy-Focused Perspective on Regional University Policies; R.Wink Enlarging the Scale of Knowledge and Innovation Networks: Theoretical Perspectives, Methodological Approaches and Policy Issues; R.Cappellin & M.Steiner