The Role of Public Comprehensive Universities in Closing the Innovation Deficit

Author

Miller, Gary L. ; Hoon, Robert R.

Author_Institution

Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA

Volume

47

Issue

8

fYear

2014

fDate

Aug. 2014

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

27

Abstract

An ambitious initiative by the University of North Carolina Wilmington demonstrates how public nonresearch universities can help close the US innovation deficit by encouraging local entrepreneurship and regional economic development. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/-FOmleTOlak is a video interview in which Computer magazine Advisory Panel member Alf Weaver interviews Chancellor Gary L. Miller about an ambitious initiative by the University of North Carolina Wilmington that demonstrates how public nonresearch universities can help close the US innovation deficit by encouraging local entrepreneurship and regional economic development.

Keywords

commerce; educational institutions; further education; innovation management; US innovation deficit; United States; University of North Carolina Wilmington; entrepreneurship; public comprehensive universities; public nonresearch universities; regional economic development; Communities; Educational institutions; Innovation management; Investments; Technological innovation; business process modeling; computer-supported collaborative work; computers and society; education; enterprise project management; innovation and technology; intellectual property; service-oriented business models; services computing; technology commercialization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2014.227

Filename

6879751