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...

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Main Author: Berman, Elizabeth Popp, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012]
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-259) and index.
ISBN:9781400840472
1400840473
1283339854
9781283339858

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