Higher Education and economic development: the importance of building technological capabilities
SOURCE: Skills for the future: new research perspectives
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Kruss, S.Mcgrath, I.Petersen, M.Gastrow
SOURCE AUTHOR(S): G.Kruss, A.Wildschut, I.Petersen
KEYWORDS: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED), Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10780
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13641
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13641
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Kruss, S.Mcgrath, I.Petersen, M.Gastrow
SOURCE AUTHOR(S): G.Kruss, A.Wildschut, I.Petersen
KEYWORDS: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED), Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10780
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13641
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13641
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Abstract
In this chapter we offer an alternative account of how higher education contributes to skills and economic development. While we acknowledge that there is more to the developmental impact of higher education that economic development alone.-
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