Knowledge Transfer Interactions in Dutch Healthcare Regional Innovation Ecosystems

Erkan Yalcin's qualitative case study explores the third mission roles of Universities of Applied Sciences within regional innovation ecosystems. The research analyzes knowledge transfer interactions with other actors in the Dutch healthcare sector across rural and urbanized regions. Primary data was gathered through semi-structured interviews and a focus group session.

Use Cases

• Analyzing relational and connector roles of universities based on qualitative interview data.
• Studying the influence of firm size and regional context on knowledge transfer interactions.
• Identifying management strategies for Universities of Applied Sciences to strengthen their societal mission.

Strengths

• Data is qualitative and likely contains detailed stakeholder perspectives from interviews and focus groups.
• The study focuses on the under-researched context of practice-based Universities of Applied Sciences.
• The dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 66.7 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited textual scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Erkan Yalcin

Collection Method

Primary data gathered through semi-structured interviews and a focus group session.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 14:56:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Healthcare sector across different rural and urbanized regions of a selected Dutch University of Applied Sciences.