Harvey Goldstein
Short Bio
Harvey Goldstein joined MODUL University -- Vienna in August 2008 as Professor and Director of the Program in Public Governance and Management. Professor Goldstein spent the previous 26 years in the U.S. on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of City and Regional Planning, where he directed the department’s Ph.D. program for 15 years. He has also served on the faculty of Columbia University, and as a Guest Professor in the 1980s and a Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2000 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Professor Goldstein’s principal research and teaching interests include regional and local economic development planning and management, the role of knowledge-based institutions in the governance and development of regions, research and evaluation methods, and research design. He has also done extensive work in the area of regional labor market analysis and economic forecasting. Professor Goldstein has served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, the International Labor Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and a number of state and local government organizations in the U.S.
Goldstein earned a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) from Columbia University, M.A. (Regional Science), M.C.P. and Ph.D. (City and Regional Planning) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
Professor Goldstein currently serves on the Board of the Austrian-American Fullbright Commission. When not working, he enjoys mountain climbing and reading the classics of world literature.
Selected Recent Publications
H. Goldstein, E. M. Bergman, and G. Maier, “University Mission Creep? Comparing EU and U.S. Faculty Views of University Commercialization and Regional Economic Development,” Annals of Regional Science, 50, 2 (2013): 453-477.
H. Goldstein, “The Quality of Planning Scholarship and Doctoral Education,” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 32, 4 (2012): 493-496.
H. Goldstein and K. Glaser, “Research Universities as Actors in the Governance of Local and Regional Development,” Journal of Technology Transfer, 37, 2 (2012): 158-174.
H. Goldstein, N. Lowe, and M. Donegan, “Transitioning to the New Economy: Individual, Regional, and Intermediation Influences on Workforce Retraining Outcomes,” Regional Studies, 46, 1 (2012): 105-118.
H. Goldstein, “What We Know and What We Don’t Know About the Economic Development Impacts of Universities,” in A.Varga, ed., Universities, Knowledge Transfer, and Regional Development. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009.
H. Goldstein, “Theory and Practice of Technology-Based Economic Development,” in J.E. Rowe, ed., Theories of Local Economic Development. Williston, VT: Ashgate Publishers, 2008.
Projects
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Investment Funds for Technology-Based Start-Ups in Vienna: Sources, Actors, and Alternative Financing Models
Analysis of the investment funds in the Vienna high-tech start-up ecoystem
Organisations: MODUL University Vienna, Department of Public Governance and Sustainable Development
Author: Harvey Goldstein, Sabine Sedlacek, Dimitris Christopoulos, Verena Radinger-Peer
Date: 01.05.2015 - 01.12.2016
Managed By: Department of Public Governance and Sustainable Development
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Success Factors in Job Re-training Programs: The Case of the Bioworks Program in North Carolina, USA
Organisations: MODUL University Vienna
Author: Harvey Goldstein
Date: -
Managed By: MODUL University Vienna
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Vienna as a Region of Knowledge: Increasing the Generation of University Spin-offs
Universities have the potential to be major resources for helping city and regional economies to become more innovative and competitive. One mechanism to achieve this potential is the generation of spin-off companies from university-based research projects. There are a number of benefits to the city or region for focusing on generating spin-offs rather than licensing intellectual property, including that the spin-off will have a very high likelihood of locating and staying within the region, thus adding jobs and income to the local economy. We have identified the most important barriers to the generation of university spin-offs that faculty entrepreneurs face when considering to start-up a company from their university research. The results of the study can help us to identify the set of initiatives and policies that could yield a higher rate of generation of university spin-offs in the Vienna region, and thus help Vienna achieve its potential as a region of knowledge and innovation.
Organisations: MODUL University Vienna, Department of Public Governance and Sustainable Development
Author: Harvey Goldstein, Sabine Sedlacek, Verena Peer
Date: 01.01.2015 - 30.11.2016
Managed By: MODUL University Vienna
Research Output
- 2019
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"The pathways and challenges of university engagement: comparative case studies"2019 Pages: 251-278
The idea of university engagement is not new and indeed goes back at least to 1862 in the United States with the land-grant college. It was, however, the image of the university as ‘ivory tower’ that became dominant after WWII in the global competition among universities for the highest rankings in the amount of research funding and prestige. Universities that focused on local and regional concerns were perceived by many as parochial institutions.
Fortunately, that image has been changing, but many universities are still resistant to strong to commitments to regional engagement for a variety of reasons. We use comparative case studies to explore the differential effects of regional economic environment, external stakeholders, regional political interests, university research strengths, and university leadership on how universities are regionally engaged and how effective they are in their engagement activities.
Author(s): Harvey Goldstein, Verena Radinger-Peer, Sabine Sedlacek
Publication date: 23. 12. 2019
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Pages: 251-278
Host publication editor(s): A. Varga, K. Erdös
- 2018
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"The path-dependent evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) - dynamics and region-specific assets of the case of Vienna (Austria)"2018 in: European Planning Studies. Volume: 26. Issue number: 8 Pages: 1499-1518
The paper sheds light on the path-dependent development of the
Viennese entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE). By taking into account
temporal dynamics from the 1990s onwards as well as regionspecificities
we are able to demonstrate the evolution of the EE is
not a linear process, but rather the various pillars of the EE may
develop in distinct directions and find themselves in discrete
development stages. Our in-depth analysis supports the
understanding of how various pillars of the EE – especially the
regulatory and finance/funding pillar – interrelate. Furthermore,
the detected cause–effect interlinkages are not balanced, but are
rather shaped by power-constellations and temporal imprinting as
well as other regional specificities, which influence the overall
success of the EE.Author(s): Verena Radinger-Peer, Sabine Sedlacek, Harvey Goldstein
Publication date: 2018
Volume: 26
Issue number: 8
Pages: 1499-1518
Electronic version(s), related files and links: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2018.1494136
- 2017
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"Barriers to the Generation of University Spin-offs: A case study of Vienna"2017 New Horizons in Regional Science series Pages: 411-442
Author(s): Harvey Goldstein, Verena Radinger-Peer, Sabine Sedlacek
Publication date: 6. 2017
Series information: New Horizons in Regional Science series
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Pages: 411-442
Host publication editor(s): C. Karlsson, M. Andersson, L. Bjerke
- 2016
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"The Pathways and challenges of University Engagement: Comparative Case Studies in Austria"2016 MODUL University Working Paper Series
Author(s): Harvey Goldstein, Verena Radinger-Peer, Sabine Sedlacek
Publication date: 11. 2016
Series information: MODUL University Working Paper Series
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"Barriers to the Generation of University Spin-offs: A Case Study of Vienna"2016 MODUL University Working Paper Series
The generation of spin-off businesses from university scientific research projects is a potentially important way that universities can contribute to building regional knowledge-based economies. But while there is strong potential, the incidence of university spin-offs in most regions of Europe is disappointingly small, even in cases of the presence of highly ranked research universities. The literature on entrepreneurship generally indicates that the process of generating a successful, technology-based startup is complex and difficult, with different obstacles typically occurring at different phases of the start-up process. In order to understand better the reasons why the incidence of university spin-offs has been disappointingly low in the EU, we have conducted an empirical study of the perceived barriers for the region of Vienna, Austria. The results of the study for Vienna indicate that the most important barriers lie in the attitudes and experiences of individual faculty entrepreneurs, on the one hand, and the difficulty of securing funding and attracting investors from various sources, on the other. The results also show there is general agreement in the perception of faculty entrepreneurs, university administrators, and experts about the entrepreneurial scene, about which barriers are most and least important. The empirical results suggest how the innovation ecosystem of Vienna can be strengthened to increase the incidence of university spin-offs. These suggestions include greater coordination and synergy among universities, private funding sources, and government policymakers. We also indicate fruitful directions for additional research.
Author(s): Harvey Goldstein, Verena Peer, Sabine Sedlacek
Publication date: 3. 2016
Series information: MODUL University Working Paper Series
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