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Phan, Anh-Hao Thi – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation maps the landscape of the cross-national educational transfer of American higher education in the Arabian Gulf region, with a case study of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar. It examines how and why Qatar has borrowed, and Georgetown has lent, the American model of higher education, specifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Transfer, North Americans, Higher Education
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Sa, Creso M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
The emerging field of nanotechnology has created a new frontier for the convergence of university and industrial research. In the United States, major federal investments provided a massive boom for this field over the decade. This paper reports on a case study of how the University at Albany came to establish the first college of nanotechnology…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Technology Transfer, Case Studies, School Business Relationship
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1999
In Tompkins County, New York, the Business Innovation Center (BIC) uses "intellectual capital" to help local entrepreneurs succeed. Founded by faculty from Cornell University and community members, BIC helps successful scientists start up businesses and uses the combined expertise of area businesspeople and college faculty to solve the…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Faculty, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
Kroger, Harry – 1998
This report outlines the history, goals, accomplishments, productivity, and future plans of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC), a state industry university cooperative research center located at the State University of New York at Binghamton. The paper contains a chart that summarizes seven projects that have been supported for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Economic Impact, Electronics, Engineering Education
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Bitting, Robert K.; Spriggs, Richard M. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1994
The program of the Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology at Alfred University (New York) is described, focusing on the center's role in technology transfer, management structure, funding, contract negotiation, intellectual property rights, and evaluation as part of a statewide system of research/development centers. An economic impact study is…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Contracts, Economic Development, Economic Impact
State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1995
A study of the impact of the State University of New York (SUNY) on the state's economy is reported. In 1992-93, about $9.2 billion of the state's economy was a direct result of spending by SUNY, its employees, students, and visitors; about five times the state's investment in SUNY in fiscal 1993. Annually, graduates add $16.8 billion to the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Economic Development, Economic Impact