National innovation and knowledge performance: the role of higher education teaching and training

Saad, Mohammed; Guermat, Cherif; Brodie, Lisa

Abstract

© 2014 Society for Research into Higher Education. This paper investigates the role of the higher education system (HES) in the production of national innovation. We focus on the issue of institutional diversity of HESs and its impact on national innovation systems. We identify four key HES characteristics and hypothesize their influence on the production of national innovation. The empirical evidence presented in this paper suggests several conclusions which have relevance for policy makers. In particular, there should be focus upon increasing access to and investment in higher education and lowering subsidies. The latter is found to have an adverse effect on patent production.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 20, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2016
• Journal: Studies in Higher Education
• Print ISSN: 0307-5079
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-174X
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1194-1209
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.881344
• Keywords: higher education, higher education teaching
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/844317
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.881344
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education in 2015, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2014.881344
• Contract Date: Feb 10, 2016