Narrowing the innovation gap: Factors influencing outcomes of industry-university collaborations
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Universities have played a continued role in facilitating and enhancing the innovative potential of U.S. companies. Key tothese relationships is the transfer of knowledge both from university to industry as well as from industry to university. But,few researchers have explored how different relationships necessitate specific cultural orientations, absorptive capacityabilities, and management tasks. As industry and universities engage in relationships designed to accelerate innovation it iscritical to understand the factors that impact the outcomes of these relationships. Based on literature related to openinnovation and industry-university relationships, an integrative explanatory theoretical framework is proposed for identifyingkey factors shown to play a role in the success of industry-university relationships. Applying data from a study of knowledgeexchange between university and industry partners, the applicability of the framework in identifying key factors related tosuccessful outcomes is illustrated.
Authors: Lee Erickson, Eileen M. Trauth
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W14170837