Types of knowledge and diversity of business-academia collaborations: implications for measurement and policy

Artikel

Analysis of business-academia (B-A) collaborations typically relies on a single method, addressing one or two major research questions. In contrast, this article tackles both research and development (R&D) and innovation collaborations among businesses and academia relying on information using multiple methods and multiple sources of information to offer insights on dynamics and qualitative features of these co-operation processes. Interviews conducted in Hungary - in line with other research findings - have also confirmed that (i) motivations, incentives for, and norms of conducting R&D and innovation activities diametrically differ in business and academia; and (ii) different types of firms have different needs. Thus, more refined policy measures are to be devised to promote B-A collaboration more effectively, better tuned to the needs of the actors, based on a relevant taxonomy of their co-operations. Evaluation criteria for academics should also be revised to remove some major obstacles, currently blocking more fruitful B-A co-operation. Several findings can be generalised beyond the cases considered, suggesting the need for a deeper understanding of the role of intermediaries in the Triple Helix and for broader comparative analysis of innovation policies. The research design to analyse B-A collaborations always needs to be tailored to the innovation system in question, just as the concomitant policy recommendations.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Triple Helix ; ISSN: 2197-1927 ; Volume: 2 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-26 ; Berlin: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Technological Change: Government Policy
• Thema: Diversity in business-academia collaboration ; Multiple methods to map business-academia collaborations ; STI policy implications ; Types of knowledge

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Havas, Attila
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40604-015-0023-4
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/188956
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ