Doctoral Dissertation Research: Interactions between Higher Education Systems and Industry for Regional Economic Growth/Development

博士论文研究：高等教育系统与产业之间的相互作用促进区域经济增长/发展

• 批准号: 0302670
• 负责人: James Harrington
• 金额: $ 1.1万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-01 至 2004-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0302670&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Interactions; between

Given the widely recognized increase in the economic importance of individual skills, organizational knowledge, and technical innovation, higher education systems have been increasingly emphasized in economic growth and development theory and practice. Universities and colleges are recognized as important providers of human capital and contributors to industrial innovation, a key to bring economic growth and development. Many regional economic growth/development policies pursue closer links between higher education systems and industry. The purpose of this research is to understand the role of higher education systems in regional economic growth and development under different regional settings: various firm strategies influenced by firm size, universities and colleges of varying quality, physical and organizational distance, technological match between industry and universities/colleges, and regional institutional arrangements. Diverse channels (labor supply, occupational training, research collaboration, and spin-offs) and different geographies of interactions between higher education systems and industry will be examined in Information Technology-related fields and industry sectors for metropolitan areas in the U.S. Secondary data including patent citation will be analyzed, and a mail questionnaire survey will be conducted both to universities/colleges and firms in three case study areas. This research should contribute to understanding the role of higher education systems in providing human capital and fostering industrial innovation. It will provide an indication of strategies of firms and higher education institutions in their interactions and contribute to building regional policies for industry-higher education system interactions that reflect characteristics of universities/colleges and industry in different settings of regions. The results of this study will be valuable to practitioners in the field of regional economic growth and development. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

鉴于个人技能，组织知识和技术创新的经济重要性的普遍认可，因此在经济增长，发展理论和实践中越来越强调高等教育系统。大学和大学被认为是人力资本的重要提供者，也是工业创新的贡献者，这是带来经济增长和发展的关键。许多区域经济增长/发展政策在高等教育体系与行业之间建立了更紧密的联系。这项研究的目的是了解高等教育系统在不同区域环境下的区域经济增长和发展中的作用：受公司规模，大学和学院影响的各种企业战略，具有不同质量，物理和组织距离，工业和大学/大学之间的技术匹配以及区域制度安排。多样化的渠道（劳动供应，职业培训，研究合作和衍生）以及高等教育系统与行业之间的不同地理位置将在美国大都会地区的信息技术相关领域和行业领域进行研究，包括专利引用，包括专利引用，以及对大学和大学进行邮寄问卷调查。这项研究应有助于了解高等教育系统在提供人力资本和促进工业创新方面的作用。它将在其互动中提供企业和高等教育机构的战略的指示，并为行业更高的教育体系互动制定区域政策，这些互动反映了各个地区不同环境中大学/学院和行业的特征。这项研究的结果对于区域经济增长和发展领域的从业者来说很有价值。 作为博士学位论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将提供支持，使有前途的学生能够建立强大的独立研究职业。