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Nature 441, 917 (22 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441917a; Published online 21 June 2006

Open Innovation Challenges

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Plan to rank universities fails to impress

Jim Giles

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Government risks undermining basic research, say critics.

European nations have long cast envious glances across the Atlantic at the industrial spin-offs — and the associated wealth — created by US universities. But how hard should the continent's governments push when it comes to persuading their universities to become more focused on application?