The Age of Knowledge

James Dzisah, Ph.D. (2007) in Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, is an Assistant Professor at Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada. He is a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Technology and Globalisation. He has published several papers on University-Industry-Government Relations, Professor of Practice in Such journals as Critical Sociology, Science, Technology and Society, Asia Journal Of Social Science and International Higher Education.

Henry Etzkowitz, Ph.D.(1969) in Sociology the New School of Social Research, is a Senior Researcher at the Human Sciences Advanced Research Institute, Stanford University. He is also a Visiting Professor, Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Edinburgh University Business School and Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of The Triple Helix: University-Industry-Government Innovation in Action (Routledge, 2008).

The book is relevant to all those interested in Innovation Policy, Education, Social and Health Policy, Knowledge Management and Transfer, Sociology of Science, Transnationalism, Practictioners and Critical Social Science.

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Introduction: The Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge and Societies, James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz

PART I: KNOWLEDGE, GLOBALIZATION AND IDENTITY

1. Normative Change in Science and the Birth of the Triple Helix, Henry Etzkowitz

2. Globalization and Scientific Research in Japan, Zaheer Baber

3. Triple Helix or Triple Jeopardy? Universities and the Social Relations of Knowledge, Terry Wotherspoon

4. The Big Shift: Science and Universities in Crisis, Toby E. Huff

5. Societal Rationalization: Cultural Innovation and Knowledge Islamization in Malaysia, Choon-Lee Chai

6. Gender and Identity in a Globalized World, Patience Elabor- Idemudia

PART II: KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY

7. The Triple Helix of Knowledge, James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz

8. Crossing Boundaries: Creating, Transferring & Using Knowledge, Harley D. Dickinson

9. Governing Innovation in a Knowledge Society, Peter W. B. Phillips

10. Public Policy Actors and the Knowledge-Based Social Order, Michael W. Kpessa

11. Regionalized Health Care System in Canada: Towards a Knowledge Management
Strategy, William Boateng


PART III: UNIVERSITIES, INTERMEDIATE ACTORS AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

12. Facilitating Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Intermediating Organizations, Amy S. Metcalfe

13. Ideals and Contradictions in Knowledge Capitalization, James Dzisah

14. In the Grey Area: University Research and Commercial Activity–The Case of Language Technology, Tarja Knuuttila

15. Public Universities and Emerging Fuel Cell Technology: Insights from Singapore and Malaysia, Zeeda F. Mohamad

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