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Contents

Part I The Context

1 Background and Introduction ................................................................. 3Bo Göransson and Claes Brundenius

2 In Search of Excellence? An International Perspective on Governance of University Research ................................................... 11Mats Benner

3 The Evolving Role of Universities in Economic Development: The Case of University–Industry Linkages ............................................ 25Prasada Reddy

Part II Country Case Studies

4 Brazilian Universities and Their Contribution to Innovation and Development ....................................................................................... 53José Manoel Carvalho de Mello, Anne-Marie Maculan, and Thiago Borges Renault

5 Uruguay: Higher Education, National System of Innovation, and Economic Development in a Small Peripheral Country ................ 77Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz

6 Cuba: University, Innovation and Society: Higher Education in the National System of Innovation....................... 97Jorge Núñez Jover, Luis Félix Montalvo Arriete, Isarelis Pérez Ones, Aurora Fernández González, and José Luis García Cuevas

7 Vietnam: Current Debates on the Transformation of Academic Institutions ........................................................................... 119Tran Ngoc Ca and Nguyen Vo Hung

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8 China: Challenges for Higher Education in a High Growth Economy...................................................................... 143Wang Haiyan and Zhou Yuan

9 Tanzania: The Evolving Role of Universities in Economic Development ...................................................................... 171Burton L.M. Mwamila and Bitrina D. Diyamett

10 South Africa: Reforming Higher Education and Transforming the National System of Innovation ........................................................ 193Rasigan Maharajh, Enver Motala, and Mario Scerri

11 Latvia: Repositioning of Academic Institutions in a Catching-Up Country ...................................................................... 219Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Janis Kristapsons, Erika Tjunina, and Inga Ulnicane-Ozolina

12 Russia: Universities in the Context of Reforming the National Innovation System ............................................................. 247Leonid Gokhberg, Tatiana Kuznetsova, and Stanislav Zaichenko

13 Germany: The Role of Universities in the Learning Economy ........... 261Ulrich Schmoch

14 Developing Universities: The Evolving Role of Academic Institutions in Denmark ................................................... 283Birgitte Gregersen and Jørgen Gulddahl Rasmussen

15 The Role of Academic Institutions in the National System of Innovation and the Debate in Sweden .............................................. 307Claes Brundenius, Bo Göransson, and Jan Ågren

Part III Synthesis

16 The Three Missions of Universities: A Synthesis of UniDev Project Findings ............................................... 329Claes Brundenius and Bo Göransson

About the Authors ........................................................................................... 353

Index ................................................................................................................. 361