Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: three missions of universities and their role in national innovation systems - experiences from Asia Pacific -- Part I Japan, Australia and New Zealand -- 2 Changing university-industry links in the Japanese national innovation system: towards innovation, entrepreneurship and regional development -- 3 Globalisation and the future of Australian universities -- 4 Changing role of research and innovation in New Zealand universities -- Part II China and India: emerging economies -- 5 Research and innovation in Chinese universities -- 6 Indian universities in the national innovation system -- Part III South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore: newly industrialising economies -- 7 University-industry R & D collaboration in Korea's national innovation system -- 8 University-industry-government linkages: the case of Taiwan -- 9 Research and innovation in Asian universities: case study of the national university of Singapore -- Part IV Southeast Asian countries: Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam -- 10 University-industry linkages and innovation activities in Malaysia -- 11 Universities in Thailand's national innovation system: their contributions on industrial and technological upgrading -- 12 Role of universities in the national innovation system of the Philippines -- 13 Higher education institutions in Indonesia: access, innovation and research -- 14 The roles of universities in Vietnam's national innovation system -- 15 Asia Pacific universities in national innovation systems: concluding synthesis -- Index