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Rethinking the Roles of Universities and Polytechnics in a Regional Innovation Environment
The article discusses the case of Finnish universities and polytechnics in re-defining their roles in regional development and especially in regional innovation environment. The article introduces the concept of “third task organisations” to describe these units within universities and polytechnics with regional effectiveness as their primary mission.
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http://www.ersa.org/ersaconfs/ersa05/papers/762.pdf