by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
James Duderstadt, University of Michigan Luc Weber, University of Geneva 2014 The Colloquium was organized into five topical sessions: • the changing purpose, role and relationship of research universities • the changing nature of discovery, learning and innovation •...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
James J. Duderstadt, Luc E. Weber, Glion Colloquium 2012 The VIII Glion Colloquium was held in June 2011 to consider the roles that could be played by the world’s research universities in addressing the various challenges of global sustainability in the broadest...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2012 We live in a time of great change, an increasingly global society, driven by the exponential growth of new knowledge and knitted together by rapidly evolving information and communication technologies. It is a time of...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Preface and Conclusion
James J. Duderstadt, Luc E. Weber 2010 The first session began with the observation that it was precisely a century ago, in 1908, that Schumpeter introduced the terms “innovation” and “entrepreneurism” into economics at both the University of Vienna and Harvard,...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2010 In today’s global, knowledge-driven economy, leadership in innovation is essential to a nation’s prosperity and security. In particular, technological innovation — the transformation of new knowledge into products,...
