Acknowledgements.- Part I: Overview.- Chapter 1. Universities and the Knowledge Society: An Introduction (Timo Aarrevaara, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones and Jisun Jung).- Chapter 2. The Transformation of Universities in Response to the Imperatives of a Knowledge Society (Teresa Carvalho).- Chapter 3. Higher Education in the Era of Knowledge Economy (Olga Bain and William Cummings).- Chapter 4. The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS): Evolution of a Major Comparative Research Project (Timo Aarrevaara, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A Jones and Jisun Jung).- Part II: Systems of Innovation and Higher Education.- Chapter 5. Higher education and the knowledge society agenda in Uganda (Florence Ndibuuza, Patricio V. Langa and Ronald Bisaso).- Chapter 6. Higher Education and Investment in Knowledge: A Perspective from Talent Policies in Mainland China (Hong Shen and Jinwen Luo).- Chapter 7. Recalibrating After Two Decades of Rapid Expansion: The Pursuit of Excellence amid Declining Enrollment in Taiwan (Sophia Shi-Huei Ho and Robin Jung-Cheng Chen).- Chapter 8. Changing Policies of Research, Development, and Innovation and the Characteristics of Academics in Japan (Akira Arimoto, Tsukasa Daizen and Futao Huang).- Chapter 9. Higher Education in the National Research System in South Korea (Soo Jeung Lee and Hyejoo Jung).- Chapter 10. Recent Science and Technology Policies in Turkey: The Shifting Role and Profile of the National Higher Education System? (Baris Uslu, Alper Calikoglu, Fatma Nevra Seggiec, Sedat Gumus and Yasar Kondakci).- Chapter 11. Research and Higher Education in Russia: Moving Closer Together (Anna Panova and Maria Yudkevich).- Chapter 12. The Role of Universities in the Knowledge-based Society in Lithuania (Liudvika Leisyte, Anna-Lena Rose, Rimantas Zelvys and Sude Peksen).- Chapter 13. Academic Profession for Knowledge Society in Estonia (Eve Magi, Eneli Kindsiko and Maarja Beerkens).- Chapter 14. Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy: Economic Higher Education Policies and the Persistence of the German Research and Development System (Nicolai Goetze).- Chapter 15. A Portuguese Tale on Knowledge-based Society: Narrowing Bonds Between Higher Education and the Innovation System (Teresa Carvalho, Sara Diogo and Rui Santiago).- Chapter 16. The Role of Finnish Higher Education in Innovation and Research System (Timo Aarrevaara and Ville Pietilainen).- Chapter 17. The Interplay of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in Sweden (Stefan Lundborg and Lars Geschwind).- Chapter 18. University, Research, and Innovation in Argentina: A Winding Road to the Knowledge Society (Monica Marquina and Lucas Luchilo).- Chapter 19. The Development of the Research Capabilities of Chilean Faculty (Daniela Veliz and Sergio Celis).- Chapter 20. Higher Education, Science, Technology and Academics in Mexico: At a Crossroads (Etty Haydee Estevez-Nenninger, Angel Alberto Valdes-Cuervo, Edgar Oswaldo Gonzalez-Bello, Juan Pablo Durand-Villalobos, Marion Lloyd, Jorge G. Martinez-Stack and Lizeth Parra-Perez).- Chapter 21. Canada: The Role of the University Sector in National Research and Development (Olivier Begin-Caouette, Glen A. Jones, Grace Karram Stephenson and Amy Scott Metcalfe).- Chapter 22. The Emerging Role of American Universities in the 21st Century Knowledge Society (Martin Finkelstein, Olga Bain, Gustavo Gregorutti, William Cummings, W. James Jacob and Eunyoung Kim).- Part III: Conclusion.- Chapter 23. Comparing Systems of Research and Innovation: Shifting Contexts for Higher Education and the Academic Profession (Jisun Jung, Glen A. Jones, Martin J. Finkelstein and Timo Aarrevaara).- Index.
