University, Knowledge and Regional Development: Factors Affecting Knowledge Transfer in a Developing Region

Autor/inn/en	Fongwa, Neba Samuel; Marais, Lochner
Titel	University, Knowledge and Regional Development: Factors Affecting Knowledge Transfer in a Developing Region
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 13 (2016) 3-4, S.191-210 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2016.1224587
Schlagwörter	Geographic Regions; Technology Transfer; Knowledge Economy; Developing Nations; Universities; School Community Relationship; Qualitative Research; Influences; Development; Regional Characteristics; School Culture; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Grounded Theory; Semi Structured Interviews; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technologietransfer; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; University; Universität; Qualitative Forschung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Entwicklung; Regionaler Faktor; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The role of knowledge in the current knowledge economy cannot be overly emphasised. Successful regions are continuously being linked to excellence in the production, accumulation, and application of knowledge. Universities have increasingly been at the centre of such knowledge production, application and transfer. Yet, there is little research and evidence in this regard pertaining to less developed countries. The paper aims to fill this gap. The study uses the conceptual notion of knowledge transfer to interrogate the engagement level between the university and its region. Using a qualitative approach comprising the use of primary and secondary data, the authors capture some of the factors affecting knowledge transfer. Highlighting both supply-side and demand-side factors, the authors argue in favour of a nuanced and complex negotiation of the knowledge-development interface between universities as knowledge producers and regional stakeholders as knowledge users. Such negotiations should take cognisance of local realities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01