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What is Knowledge Brokers

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The Impact of HEIs on Regional Development: Facts and Practices of Collaborative Work With SMEs
The intermediary with specific knowledge that favours collaboration for knowledge transfer to R&D&I. HEIs can be knowledge brokers either through the ability to achieve political goals or in the task of increasing the effective use of knowledge in regional and international networks and developing the knowledge society.
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The Bond Between Higher Education Institutions and Society: A Scoping Review About Knowledge Transfer and Valorisation to Promote Sustainable Development
Ana Marta Aleixo (Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal & Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal), Susana Leal (Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal & Life Quality Research Centre, Portugal), Margarida Mano (Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal), and Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro (CESAM/DBio, University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6701-5.ch015
Abstract
This chapter aims to identify how higher education institutions (HEIs) have operationalised the transfer of knowledge to society in terms of research, development, and innovation; the determinants of this process; and how the knowledge transfer to society contributes to local and regional development and sustainability. Herein, a scoping review was carried out to address this goal. Out of 197 retrieved articles, 30 met the inclusion criteria. These studies concentrate on the following themes: (1) determinants of the knowledge transfer process between HEIs and society; (2) the state of knowledge transfer in HEIs; (3) transfer knowledge to local and regional development; and (4) transfer of knowledge to sustainability. This study concludes that although different determinants influencing this collaboration have been identified, most studies reveal that the transfer level is still at a very early stage.
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