Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-236) and index.

Introduction : universities, 'relevance' and scale / Alan Scott and Alan Harding -- External engagements and internal transformations : universities, localities and regional development / Beth Perry and Michael Harloe -- Knowledge and technology transfer / Morten Levin -- Regional development, universities and strategies for cluster promotion / David R. Charles -- The international network university of the future and its local and regional impacts / Huib Ernste -- Who are the real 'problem owners'? : on the social embeddedness of universities / Davydd J. Greenwood -- Regulation, engagement and academic production / Tim May -- Narrating the university : values across disciplines / Dolores Byrnes -- Academics in the "knowledge economy" / Todd Bridgman and High Willmott -- Building bridges over troubled water : a tale of the difficult cooperation between university and region / Stephan Laske, Maximilian Egger and Claudia Meister-Scheytt -- Community engagement in developing a new campus : the Griffith University, Logan Campus experience / Christine Smith and William Lovegrove -- Managing a university merger in a post-industrial context (the Ruhrgebiet) / Lothar Zechlin.

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