Bright Satanic Mills: Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge EconomyAlan Harding Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 - 242 pages Recent years have seen a growing emphasis upon the need for universities to contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the regions in which they are situated. In this book, a multidisciplinary and international team of experts considers the reasons for, and the implications of, the new relationship between universities and territorial development. |
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