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The impact of university STEM assets: A systematic review of the empirical evidence

BACKGROUND: Innovation ecosystems are an important driver of regional economic growth and development. STEM assets connected to universities may play an important role in such ecosystems. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature relating to the effect of university STEM assets on regional...

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Autores principales: Billing, Chloe, Bramley, George, Ioramashvili, Carolin, Lynam, Robert, Cepeda Zorrilla, Magda, Collinson, Simon, Humphreys, Kelvin, Kollydas, Konstantinos, Pan, Fengjie, Pugh, Alice, Sevinc, Deniz, Yuan, Pei-Yu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10306183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37379281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287005
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author Billing, Chloe
Bramley, George
Ioramashvili, Carolin
Lynam, Robert
Cepeda Zorrilla, Magda
Collinson, Simon
Humphreys, Kelvin
Kollydas, Konstantinos
Pan, Fengjie
Pugh, Alice
Sevinc, Deniz
Yuan, Pei-Yu
author_facet Billing, Chloe
Bramley, George
Ioramashvili, Carolin
Lynam, Robert
Cepeda Zorrilla, Magda
Collinson, Simon
Humphreys, Kelvin
Kollydas, Konstantinos
Pan, Fengjie
Pugh, Alice
Sevinc, Deniz
Yuan, Pei-Yu
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description BACKGROUND: Innovation ecosystems are an important driver of regional economic growth and development. STEM assets connected to universities may play an important role in such ecosystems. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature relating to the effect of university STEM assets on regional economies and innovation ecosystems, providing a better understanding of how the impact is generated and constrained, as well as identifying any gaps in knowledge. METHODS: Keyword and text word searches using the Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate), Econlit (EBSCO) and ERIC (EBSCO) were performed in July 2021 and February 2023. Papers were double screened on abstract and title, and were included if there was consensus that they fulfilled the inclusion criteria of: (i) relating to an OECD country; (ii) having been published between 1 January 2010 and 28 February 2023; and (iii) concerning the impact of STEM assets. Data extraction was undertaken for each article by a single reviewer and checked by a second reviewer. Due to the heterogeneity of the study designs and outcome measures used, it was not possible to perform a quantitative synthesis of results. A narrative synthesis was subsequently undertaken. RESULTS: Of the 162 articles identified for detailed review, 34 were accepted as being sufficiently relevant to the study to be included for final analysis. Three important features identified were that the literature: i) is predominately concerned with supporting new businesses; ii) describes a high level of involvement with a university in providing that support; and iii studies economic impacts at local, regional and national levels. DISCUSSION: The evidence points to a gap in the literature relating to looking at the broader impact of STEM assets and any corresponding transformational, system-level effects that go beyond narrowly defined, short to medium-term outcomes. The main limitation of this review is that information on STEM assets in the non-academic literature is not captured.
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spelling pubmed-103061832023-06-29 The impact of university STEM assets: A systematic review of the empirical evidence Billing, Chloe Bramley, George Ioramashvili, Carolin Lynam, Robert Cepeda Zorrilla, Magda Collinson, Simon Humphreys, Kelvin Kollydas, Konstantinos Pan, Fengjie Pugh, Alice Sevinc, Deniz Yuan, Pei-Yu PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Innovation ecosystems are an important driver of regional economic growth and development. STEM assets connected to universities may play an important role in such ecosystems. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature relating to the effect of university STEM assets on regional economies and innovation ecosystems, providing a better understanding of how the impact is generated and constrained, as well as identifying any gaps in knowledge. METHODS: Keyword and text word searches using the Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate), Econlit (EBSCO) and ERIC (EBSCO) were performed in July 2021 and February 2023. Papers were double screened on abstract and title, and were included if there was consensus that they fulfilled the inclusion criteria of: (i) relating to an OECD country; (ii) having been published between 1 January 2010 and 28 February 2023; and (iii) concerning the impact of STEM assets. Data extraction was undertaken for each article by a single reviewer and checked by a second reviewer. Due to the heterogeneity of the study designs and outcome measures used, it was not possible to perform a quantitative synthesis of results. A narrative synthesis was subsequently undertaken. RESULTS: Of the 162 articles identified for detailed review, 34 were accepted as being sufficiently relevant to the study to be included for final analysis. Three important features identified were that the literature: i) is predominately concerned with supporting new businesses; ii) describes a high level of involvement with a university in providing that support; and iii studies economic impacts at local, regional and national levels. DISCUSSION: The evidence points to a gap in the literature relating to looking at the broader impact of STEM assets and any corresponding transformational, system-level effects that go beyond narrowly defined, short to medium-term outcomes. The main limitation of this review is that information on STEM assets in the non-academic literature is not captured. Public Library of Science 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10306183/ /pubmed/37379281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287005 Text en © 2023 Billing et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bramley, George
Ioramashvili, Carolin
Lynam, Robert
Cepeda Zorrilla, Magda
Collinson, Simon
Humphreys, Kelvin
Kollydas, Konstantinos
Pan, Fengjie
Pugh, Alice
Sevinc, Deniz
Yuan, Pei-Yu
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37379281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287005
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