scholarly journals Innovation effects of universities of applied sciences: an assessment of regional heterogeneity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Schlegel ◽  
Curdin Pfister ◽  
Dietmar Harhoff ◽  
Uschi Backes-Gellner
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Regional Heterogeneity ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences

AbstractThe literature on the economics of science and technology shows that academic universities—institutions focusing on basic research—positively affect innovation activities in regional economies. Less is known about the innovation effects of universities of applied sciences (UASs)—bachelor-granting three-year colleges teaching and conducting applied research. Furthermore, the evidence for positive innovation effects is predominantly based on average effects, while heterogeneity in innovation effects due to the economic environment is far less considered. By exploiting a public policy development in Switzerland that led to the quasi-random establishment of UASs, we investigate the regional heterogeneity in innovation effects of these UASs. We rely on patent and business census data and analyze the influence and importance of three economic preconditions—labor market size, labor market density and high tech intensity—on innovation effects of UASs. Our results show that only regions with a large or a dense enough labor market or with an above average high tech intensity experience significant innovation effects of UASs. Comparing the relative importance of the three economic preconditions, we find that labor market size is the most important factor that drives heterogeneity in innovation effects of UASs.

Developing collaboration structures for university-industry interaction and innovations

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martti Mäkimattila ◽  
Timo Junell ◽  
Tero Rantala
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Learning Modes ◽  
University Industry

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the doing, using, and interacting (DUI) of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) while developing intra- and inter-collaboration with industry. It also reviews recent literature related to the roles of absorptive capacity (AC) and social capital (SC) in interaction. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative case research on developing collaborations between UAS and small- and medium-sized enterprises for innovation activities. Findings – Prior knowledge and contacts vary in organisations, and interaction should be supported while aiming to maximise benefits of internal and external resources available for innovation. This paper contributes by pointing out the importance of the interconnection of DUI, AC, and SC while developing collaboration. Originality/value – This paper describes issues challenging the collaborative innovation activities and directions to focus on structural development to support interaction with parties having different backgrounds, goals, and strengths. The study highlights the importance of knowledge exchange with several universities and firms, and the different learning modes related to innovation.

scholarly journals Enhancing social work education’s diversity-oriented perspective by integrating refugees into higher education: Experiences from the ‘refugee crisis’ in Germany

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110082
Author(s):  
Stefan Borrmann
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Homogeneous Groups ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Global Mindedness ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education Experiences ◽  
Work Education

This note describes how integrating refugees into programs of social work education at universities and universities of applied sciences in Germany influenced the education provided, especially in rural areas where student bodies tend to be homogeneous groups. The refugees enrolled in social work courses changed those mostly homogeneous groups of students not only with their presence but moreover by introducing new perspectives on course content. As the changes prompted shifts in the global mindedness of fellow students and the teaching staff, the quality of the programs was enhanced.

The Labor Market Skills of Recent Male Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Survey

ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 792-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Funkhouser ◽  
Stephen J. Trejo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Census Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Recent Immigrants ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Using Data

Using data from special supplements to the Current Population Survey (CPS), the authors track the education and hourly earnings of recent male immigrants to the United States. In terms of these measures of labor market skills, the CPS data suggest that immigrants who came in the late 1980s were more skilled than those who arrived earlier in the decade. This pattern represents a break from the steady decline in immigrant skill levels observed in 1940–80 Census data. Despite the encouraging trend over the 1980s, however, the average skills of recent immigrants remain low by historical standards.

scholarly journals Local labor market size and qualification mismatch

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1261-1286
Author(s):  
Francesco Berlingieri
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Local Labor Market ◽  
Skill Mismatch ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Urban Wage Premium ◽  
Urbanized Areas ◽  
The One

Abstract This paper investigates the effect of the size of the local labor market on skill mismatch. Using survey data for Germany, I find that workers in large cities are both less likely to be overqualified for their job and to work in a different field than the one for which they trained. Different empirical strategies are employed to account for the potential sorting of talented workers into more urbanized areas. Results on individuals who have never moved away from the place in which they grew up and fixed effects estimates obtaining identification through regional migrants suggest that sorting does not fully explain the existing differences in qualification mismatch across areas. This provides evidence of the existence of agglomeration economies through better matches. However, lower qualification mismatch in larger cities is found to explain at best a small part of the urban wage premium.

scholarly journals Adaptation of the Core CDIO Standards 3.0 to STEM Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-21
Author(s):  
A. I. Chuchalin
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Core ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Systematic Training ◽  
And Mathematics

It is proposed to adapt the new version of the internationally recognized standards for engineering education the Core CDIO Standards 3.0 to the programs of basic higher education in the field of technology, natural and applied sciences, as well as mathematics and computer science in the context of the evolution of STEM. The adaptation of the CDIO standards to STEM higher education creates incentives and contributes to the systematic training of specialists of different professions for coordinated teamwork in the development of high-tech products, as well as in the provision of comprehensive STEM services. Optional CDIO Standards are analyzed, which can be used selectively in STEM higher education. Adaptation of the CDIO-FCDI-FFCD triad to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics is considered as a mean for improving the system of three-cycle STEM higher education.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Capture of Leaders of Criminal Organizations on the Labor Market: Evidence from Mexico

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Osuna Gómez ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Difference Analysis ◽  
Criminal Organizations ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Economic Census ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Integral Assessment ◽  
The Impact

This paper estimates the impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market in municipalities where these organizations operated between 2004 and 2006. The difference-in-difference analysis compares different employment outcomes in cartel locations and the rest, before and after the capture of cartel leaders. The results show that captures caused a decrease in nominal wages and paid employment in cartel municipalities. Using Economic Census Data, I find that captures also caused a fall in the number of establishments and had a negative impact on other establishment outcomes. This document focuses exclusively on the impact of the capture of leaders of criminal organizations on the labor market until 2011 without studying other possible consequences, and thus does not make an integral assessment of this policy

scholarly journals The Nature of Social Work Research by Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences : An Overview

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Martine Ganzevles ◽  
Daan Andriessen ◽  
Wilke Van Beest ◽  
Tine Van Regenmortel ◽  
Jaap Van Weeghel
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Dutch Universities
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