Title :
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
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2014.227
