University-Industry Linkages and the Development of Knowledge Clusters in Canada

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Doutriaux
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Cluster Growth ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Systems Of Innovation ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Industry ◽  
University Industry Linkages ◽  
Government Laboratories

Research on Systems of Innovation has illustrated the role of local institutions and networks in regional development. This paper looks critically at Canada's 11 most active knowledge clusters and at the impact of university-industry co-operation on their development. It concludes that Canadian universities are more often a catalyst for development than a driver, government laboratories and industry being the primary factors leading to cluster growth and success.

scholarly journals How do lecturers upgrade themselves from university - industry linkages? Evidences from Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thai Phong ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Actual Reality ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Industry ◽  
University Industry Linkages ◽  
Over Time

The collaboration between universities and industry is trending these days thanks to the myriad of benefits that it brings to both parties involved. The impact of this cooperation allows both companies and universities to rely on each other in terms of creating mutual value over time. This paper will discuss the actual reality of this interdependent relationship based on the statistics collected from a research survey, as well as its standing in the role of supporting lifelong learning towards university lecturers. The popularity of university-industry collaboration has provided undeniable advantages to both the academics and companies. However, to aim for a more sustainable development, a clear mechanism and expansion to support society and lecturers’ lifelong learning is much needed. Incorporating lifelong learning of lecturers is a challenge and necessity for lecturers, in order to enhance their professionalism, update and deepen their knowledge through professional development. Within the scope of this article, based on an overview of the content of the cooperation between enterprises and universities related to lifelong learning of lecturers, the authors draw a number of lessons to promote university- industry relationships, while improving lifelong learning for lecturers.

The Impact of International Collaboration on UK University—Industry Links

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 264-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Pike ◽  
David Charles
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Industry ◽  
International Collaborative Research ◽  
University Industry Linkages

The authors examine the impact of international collaborative research programmes on university—industry links in the UK, with particular reference to the relations involved in the European Union's Framework Programme research. The evidence presented in the paper suggests that international collaboration has generated benefits as well as significant costs for UK university—industry linkages. More importantly, it is argued that the alleged general convergence in university and industry research needs has been somewhat illusory in the UK due to the rationalization of its R&D activity. In addition, these tendencies have been supported to a degree by EU funding rules, the internationalization of UK universities and the ‘repeat’ nature of international collaboration networks. In conclusion, the authors suggest that many of the problems may be specific to the UK and that policies are needed to strengthen links between UK universities and industry within such collaborative projects.

scholarly journals Innovation System Reform in Indonesia and Vietnam: A new Role for Universities?

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Baark
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
System Reform ◽  
University Industry ◽  
University Industry Linkages

<p>This paper introduces the importance of the role of universities in emerging economies such as Indonesia and Vietnam, underscoring the need for universities to contribute more extensively to the dynamic development of innovation systems. The theoretical approach is a functional analysis of innovation systems, identifying essential issues that call for recognition among policymakers and in society generally. Innovation systems in Indonesia and Vietnam share some weaknesses, particularly in comparison with innovation systems in more advanced countries. There is limited ability to mobilize the resources required for innovation, as the investment in research and development as percentage of GDP is relatively low and dominated by public funding with little contribution from private sources. Financial regulation for universities seriously hampers the development of university–industry linkages. It is essential that universities gain more autonomy in order to move beyond their current role in training of skilled human resources to providers of innovation.</p>

Innovation Systems, Regional Development, and the Role of Universities in Industrial Innovation

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans G. Schuetze
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
Industrial Innovation ◽  
Regional System ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry ◽  
As If

Research on technology transfer, industrial liaison, cooperative research and other forms of cooperation between universities and industry tend to concentrate on the links between universities and firms as if they were the only players in the game. Thus typically, academic and policy literature describes the process of such collaboration, the organizational, legal, administrative arrangements and settings, the factors that enhance, or conversely, impede cooperation, and the outcomes, projected and real, that are attributed to the university—industry cooperation. This article, starting from a different premise, looks into university—industry liaison from the perspective of a regional system of innovation, identifying various institutions in such a system, and their communication and interaction. It is in this framework that the role of universities and the process of technology transfer is analysed.

Policy-Driven University – Industry Linkages and Regional Innovation Networks in Korea

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Won Sohn ◽  
Hyungjoo Kim ◽  
Jeong Hyop Lee
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Main Determinant ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Networks Analysis ◽  
University Industry ◽  
University Industry Linkages

In this paper we examine the role of the Korean government in creating university – industry linkages and in promoting the role of universities as knowledge providers in regional innovation systems. We investigate the different types of universities' roles in the capital region of Seoul and in the noncapital regions. We argue that government policy is the main determinant that drives Korean universities to play the role of knowledge provider for industrial innovation. This policy has also brought about regional differences in the way universities participate in innovation activities in the capital region and outside the capital region. In the Korean context, universities in noncapital regions act as a backbone for creating and managing regional innovation networks as well as a close and easily accessible knowledge provider to local industry. However, universities in the capital region play the role of a close knowledge provider only to local industry, while corporate research and development centres are the key players in developing and managing innovation networks in the capital region. To arrive at our conclusions we use social networks analysis and government document analysis to demonstrate the structure of innovation networks and to analyze two types of universities' roles in the regional innovation networks of four Korean industrial clusters.

scholarly journals Commercialization Of Academic Research In Canadian Universities: Optimizing Technology Transfer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Golberg
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Technology Managers ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Industry

In recent years, in addition to the basic tenets of teaching and research, commercialization and innovation have become core priorities in higher education (Friedman & Silberman, 2003; Etzkowitz, 2003; Rasmussen et al., 2006). Universities have the right ingredients to be natural technology transfer incubators with a high influx of innovators and the capability to create new ventures and have high potential to generate a high level of economic development. Commercialization allows the results of innovative research to be utilized through transformation into marketable products or ‘technology transfer’. Since the 1980s, Canadian universities have begun dedicating resources and effort to discover how to best harness the innovation arising out of university-based research for knowledge transfer and revenue generation through commercialization. This thesis focuses on specific university inputs that influence the volume of technology transferred to industry through various commercialization channels and the impact each factor may have considering the institution size. Through data verified primarily from the Association of University Technology Managers’ (AUTM) annual surveys of Canadian and American universities from 2011 to 2015, this study analyzes the effect of administrative characteristics on technology transfer at a university. While the results of the study do not provide much conclusive guidance on the reasons behind growth in university-industry technology transfer, they do suggest that there is some greater effect in large universities that leads to more technology transfer activity than in smaller universities.

Capacity Building for University–Industry Linkages in Developing Countries

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Schiller ◽  
Peter Brimble
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Industry ◽  
University Industry Linkages

The aim of this article is to analyse the impact of academic capacity building on university–industry–linkages (UILs) and to identify a set of critical success factors to guide improvements of university–industry knowledge transfers in developing countries. Extensive empirical evidence from a unique case of academic institution building and efforts to improve UILs in the context of a developing country—the Thai Higher Education Development Project (HEDP)—is used. Since the Thai HEDP combines the enhancement of both core academic missions and UIL activities within newly founded centres, it provides an interesting case study to support the cross-fertilization of ideas and academic entrepreneurship. The article is organised as follows: (i) A generic overview of UILs in Thailand is presented to place the establishment and evolution of the centres into perspective; (ii) The quantitative relevance of UILs at the centres is measured and considered by looking at their sources of income generation; (iii) Approaches and best practices of the centres towards UILs are discussed with the help of qualitative analysis; (iv) The empirical results are used to identify critical success factors for UILs, and their potential for cross-fertilisation of academic tasks in developing countries.

Regional Synergies in Triple Helix Regions

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Lawton Smith ◽  
Rupert Waters
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Triple Helix ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Industry

This paper examines the role of universities in delivering regional/local policy and the extent to which they help formulate that policy. It explores the incentives for universities to act. Two examples are the availability of government funding designed to foster university–industry interaction and the existence of specific local agenda that are of mutual interest to both universities and local policy makers. The paper also highlights the converse – policy might follow from the observed actions of the impact of universities' excellence (for example, the formation of university spin-offs). The authors consider how both translate into active involvement in local policy making using the case of the Oxfordshire high-tech economy. Oxfordshire is an important high-tech economy dominated by one of the world's leading research universities.

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