Includes bibliographical references and index.

University-industry links : policy dimensions / Shahid Yusuf -- Pt.1. UIL-related policies of national governments -- Notes on U IL-related policies of national governments / Luc Soete -- Univer sity-industry knowledge transfer in Switzerland / Dominique Foray -- University-industry links and U.K. science and innovation policy / Alan Hughes -- Universities and public research institutions as drivers of economic development in Asia / John A. Mathews and Mei-Ch ih Hu -- UIL-related policies of national governments : a synthetic view / Râemi Barrâe -- Pt.2. UIL-related policies of subnational governments -- The role of higher education and new forms of governa nce in economic development : the Ontario case / David A. Wolfe -- University-industry links in the Japanese context : between policie s and practice / Juan Jiang, Yuko Harayama, and Shiro Abe -- Univ ersity-industry links : regional policies and initiatives in the United Kingdom / Mike Wright -- University-industry research collaborat ion and technology transfer in the United States since 1980 / David C. Mowery -- Pt.3. UIL-related policies of universities -- Buildi ng research universities for knowledge transfer : the case of China / Weiping Wu -- Approaches to university-industry links : the case of the National University of Singapore / Poh-Kam Wong -- Univer sity-industry links and enterprise creation in India : some strategic a nd policy issues / Rakesh Basant and Pankaj Chandra -- The entrep reneurial university : the idea and its critics / Elizabeth Garnsey -- Pt.4. Corporate strategies of multinational corporations and smal l and medium enterprises -- Beyond absorptive capacity : the managem ent of technology for a proactive corporate strategy toward university- industry links / Fumio Kodama, Shingo Kano, and Jun Suzuki -- Cor porate strategies in university-industry links in France / Jean-Jacq ues Duby -- Specific approaches to university-industry links of sele cted companies in Thailand and their relative effectiveness / Peter Brimble.

With the competitiveness of firms in an open and integrated world en vironment increasingly reliant on technological capability, universitie s are being asked to take on a growing role in stimulating economic gro wth. Beyond imparting education, they are now viewed as sources of indu strially valuable technical skills, innovations, and entrepreneurship. Developed and developing countries alike have made it a priority to rea lize this potential of universities to spur growth, a strategy that cal ls for coordinated policy actions.