University–Industry Collaboration, Knowledge Management and Enterprise Innovation Performance

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Chen ◽  
Shiyang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Network Embeddedness ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
University Industry

This empirical study is concerned with university–industry collaboration from a knowledge management perspective. The authors introduce the concepts of ‘enterprise-level core elements’ to define the principle status of an enterprise during university–industry collaboration, and ‘network embeddedness’ as an indication of the closeness of the collaboration. Furthermore, they examine the method of knowledge management. Finally, they use both learning performance and product innovation performance to measure an enterprise's innovation performance.

scholarly journals UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN FIRMS: THE GHANAIAN EXPERIENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050023
Author(s):  
ABDUL-FATAHI ABDULAI ◽  
LYNDON MURPHY ◽  
BRYCHAN THOMAS
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
Using Data ◽  
University Industry

This paper examines the association between university–industry collaboration and firm innovation performance, and the effect of informal mechanisms of knowledge transfer on such an association, using data from a survey of 245 firms in Ghana and employing partial least squares structural equation modelling. The results are of significant relevance to the business community and policy-makers in Ghana and West African. We find that while university–industry collaboration is positively related to innovation performance in firms, informal mechanisms of university knowledge transfer do not and negatively moderate the positive association between university–industry collaboration and innovation performance in firms. It is also found that to facilitate innovation outcomes, formal, legal binding contracts are required. The study recommends that university knowledge generation and innovation policies in Ghana encourage formal collaboration between knowledge exchange actors. It is also suggested that improvements need to be made to the efficacy of intellectual property legislation in Ghana.

Towards Convergence in European Higher Education through Open Innovation

2014 ◽  
pp. 241-263
Author(s):  
Eliza Laura Coraş ◽  
Adrian Dumitru Tanţãu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
University Industry ◽  
Innovation Policies

Universities are considered the main sources of innovation; yet, in practice, their potential as collaboration partners in the scope of innovation creation is underexplored, being last mentioned by firms as collaborators. Moreover, firms' innovation policies tend to change their focus by driving success more often from collaboration with universities. Given the direct influence of quality of higher education on the capacity of the business sector to innovate, in this chapter the authors address the issue of collaborating with higher education institutions through open innovation by fostering university-industry collaboration and a more entrepreneurial mindset in universities. The authors offer evidence from European universities in order to illustrate the benefits of such partnerships and also the barriers that hamper the open innovation objectives by applying a risk management perspective. Furthermore, they explore with examples how Romanian universities take this path of collaboration.

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