Universities across Europe are under pressure to use their knowledge and discoveries to drive economic growth, but a UK study has shown their ability to do this depends on the local economy. In the UK, universities in the greater south-east of England seem to be better than those in less competitive regions at commercialising their research and innovation.
The study, led by Robert Huggins at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, made a regional comparison of how knowledge flows out of universities and into the business community, both in the local area and beyond the region where particular universities are based.
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