Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Lawson, Cornelia
Author-Email:  cornelia.lawson@nottingham.ac.uk 
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Putting the Region first: Knowledge Transfer at Universities in Greater Manchester
Abstract: Knowledge transfer has become one of the major policy goals of governments across the world and is being encouraged 
at the national and EU level. 
While policy makers and academics continue to look for a knowledge transfer model that will work for all universities,
some recent analyses have shown that specific local and historic conditions that affect a university’s ability to 
engage with the region need to be considered. This paper looks at the knowledge transfer activities of the three 
universities in the Greater Manchester area. All three universities are closely linked to their local environment 
and can trace their origin to the mid-19th century and the development of Manchester as the “first industrial city”. 
Differences in research priorities and funding (cuts) have affected their development and left us with three
distinct knowledge transfer strategies. 
Length: 29 pages
Creation-Date: 2014-05
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2014dip/wp_10_2014.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:201403