What is it about?
The paper discusses what features should indicators of universities' knowledge transfer performance possess in order to allow for accurate and comprehensive performance measurement. Particularly focusing on the performance measurement system implemented in the United Kingdom, the paper showcases the limitations of the current indicators, which only address a narrow range of activities and impacts, and propose some directions for improvement.
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Why is it important?
The paper addresses conceptually the issue of what features should measurement systems possess to support the accurate assessment of the knowledge transfer performance of universities. While the literature has discussed various limitations of current measurement systems, this paper originally proposes a comprehensive assessment of such limitations, providing guidelines for the development of better performance measurement systems.
Perspectives
The idea for this paper emerged from a comparative analysis that the same authors (Rosli and Rossi, 2015) carried out on the systems implemented in the United Kingdom, US, the EU and Australia in order to measure universities' knowledge transfer performance. This work highlighted a range of limitations and gaps in these systems, which we decided to study more systematically with reference to the UK case, exploring their implications and what could be done to improve on current indicators.
Dr Federica Rossi
Birkbeck University of London
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This page is a summary of: Indicators of university–industry knowledge transfer performance and their implications for universities: evidence from the United Kingdom, Studies in Higher Education, June 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.914914.
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