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The Role of Universities in the Europe 2020 Strategy

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Abstract

This paragraph contains a review of the international literature assessing the body of research that addresses the research questions set in Sect. 1.2. To get a better understanding of the relationship between Universities and development, more particularly, about the role that Universities play to successfully and sustainably contribute to development, the following review of literature has been drawn: theories of development, the concept of knowledge, sustainability, social cohesion policy, social capital, social learning.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Kosovo is excluded from the group of Western Balkan countries for the purposes of this analysis, due to the lack of data on the value of KEI index. In fact, economy of Kosovo was not subject to measurement and research since the beginning of the KEI index measurement, and so it is not possible to rank this economy, for further reasoning and analysis.

  2. 2.

    Putnam (2000).

  3. 3.

    Lin (2001, p. 19).

  4. 4.

    Ibarra et al. (2005).

  5. 5.

    Adler and Kwon (2002, p. 19).

  6. 6.

    Cohen and Prusak (2001, p. 4).

  7. 7.

    Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1998, p. 243).

  8. 8.

    Adler and Kwon (1998, p. 23).

  9. 9.

    Putnam (1993a).

  10. 10.

    Singleton S., Taylor M. defined community as: ‘a set of people (a) with some shared beliefs, including normative beliefs and preferences, beyond those constituting their collective action problem, (b) with a more or less stable set of members, (c) who expect to continue interacting with one another for some time to come, and (d) whose relations are direct (unmediated by third parties) and multiplex’ (1992, p. 315).

  11. 11.

    Putnam (2000)

  12. 12.

    Hutchinson (1999).

  13. 13.

    Leonardi and Nanetti (2008).

  14. 14.

    McKieran et al. (2000).

  15. 15.

    Totikidis et al. (2005).

  16. 16.

    Bingham (1986).

  17. 17.

    Manfredi (2013).

  18. 18.

    Morgan (2001).

  19. 19.

    This critique was spoken in plenary by Peter Morgan, a freelance CD researcher and writer, at the Capacity Development Day at this years WBI 50th Birthday celebration. Washington, 8th June 2005.

  20. 20.

    Pouligny (2005).

  21. 21.

    World Bank Report (2005).

  22. 22.

    Grindle (2005).

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Ricciardelli, A. (2017). Theoretical Studies on Content Analysis and Empirical Research. In: The Role of Universities in the Europe 2020 Strategy. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68006-4_2

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