2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417070This paper focuses on Tohoku University in Sendai in the nonmetropolitan area of Japan. Both a long historical and comparative perspective and a spacial perspective are essential to discuss the relevance of university-local industry linkages to local regional economic development. The conjunction of these linkages and economic development has been affected by two evolutionary processes: institutional configurations and territorial dynamics in the national innovation system. In addition, university-local industry linkages have been complicated by top-down regionalization and bottom-up regionalism.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankACADEMIC INTERESTSACADEMIC KNOWLEDGEACADEMIC RESEARCHADVANCED RESEARCHADVANCED TECHNOLOGYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAPPLIED RESEARCHASSISTANT PROFESSORBASICCAREERCHAMBERS OF COMMERCECHEMISTRYCITIESCOLLEGE OF AGRICULTURECOMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTCONFIGURATIONSDECENTRALIZATIONDONATIONSECONOMICSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSELECTRONIC ENGINEERINGELECTRONICSEMPLOYMENTENGINEERINGENGINEERING DEPARTMENTSENGINEERING FACULTIESENGINEERSEQUIPMENTFACULTIESFACULTY OF LAWFACULTY OF MEDICINEFUNDAMENTAL RESEARCHGRADUATE EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHUMAN RESOURCESINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETYINNOVATIONSINTEGRATIONINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYKEY INDUSTRIESKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYKNOWLEDGE PRODUCTIONLABORATORIESLAND DEVELOPMENTLITERATUREMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNEW TECHNOLOGIESPAPERSPHYSICSPRIVATE SECTORPROFESSOR EMERITUSPROFESSORSPROGRAMSPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATIONR&DRADIORESEARCH INSTITUTERESEARCH INSTITUTESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESEARCH THEMESRESEARCHERSSCHOLARSSCHOOLSSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSCIENTISTSCIENTISTSSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL COLLEGESTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTUNIVERSITIES