New Book | Universities in the National Innovation Systems: Experiences from the Asia-Pacific | edited by V. V. Krishna

Universities in the National Innovation Systems: Experiences from the Asia-Pacific

Edited by V. V. Krishna, Routledge India, 2017, Hardback, 428 pages, ISBN: 9781138213470.

Summary: This volume looks at the role of universities in the National Innovation Systems in economies of the Asia Pacific. It examines the tremendous growth of human and knowledge capital made possible by teaching and research excellence in major universities, along with how universities are being re-positioned as frontiers of innovation in the National Systems of Innovation. The chapters assess the impact of globalisation and innovation together with the emergence of 'new' knowledge sites extended to the Asia Pacific region.

With contributions by experts and academics and key case studies, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in higher education, development studies, public policy, economics, business and resource management, Asian studies as well as policymakers.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor Jennie Lang

1.Introduction: Three Missions of Universities and their Role in National Innovation Systems – Experiences from Asia-Pacific | V V Krishna 

Japan, Australia and New Zealand 

2. Changing University-Industry Links in the Japanese National Innovation System: Towards Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development | Fumi Kitagawa 

3. Globalisation and the future of Australian universities | Sam Garrett-Jones and Tim Turpin 

4. Changing role of research and Innovation in New Zealand Universities | Shantha Liyanage and Antonio Díaz Andrade 

China and India: Emerging Economies 

5. Research and Innovation in Chinese Universities | Weiping Wu 

6. Indian Universities in the National Innovation System | V.V.Krishna and Swapan Kumar Patra 

South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore: Newly Industrializing Economies 

7. University-industry R&D Collaboration in Korea's National Innovation System | Lee, Kong-Rae 

8. University-Industry-Government Linkages: the case of Taiwan Ching-Yan Wu and Mei-Chih Hu 

9. Research and Innovation in Asian Universities: Case study of the National University of Singapore | Seeram Ramakrishna and V V Krishna 

South East Asian Countries: Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam 

10. University-Industry Linkages and Innovation Activities in Malaysia | Rajah Rasiah and Hema Subramonian 

11. Universities in Thailand's National Innovation System: Their Contributions on Industrial and Technological Upgrading | Richard F. Doner, PatarapongIntarakumnerd and Bryan K. Ritchie 

12. Role of universities in the national innovation system of the Philippines | Raymund B. Habaradas 

13. Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia: Access, Innovation and Research | R. Alpha Amirrachman 

14. The Roles of Universities in Vietnam's National Innovation System | Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Phuong Mai, Doan Quang Hung and Dao Ngoc Tien 

15. Asia Pacific Universities in National Innovation Systems: Concluding Synthesis | V.V.Krishna

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