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Creating the market university : how academic science became an economic engine /
American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world of commerce. Creating the Market University is the first book to systematically examine why academic science made such a dramatic move toward the market. Drawing on extensive historical research, Elizabeth Popp Berman shows how the government--influenced by the argument that innovation drives the e. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400840472 1400840473 1283339854 9781283339858 |