The value of university relations to IT industry partners: the case of the NJIT e-Business Laboratory

Author

Gagnon, StCphane

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage. & Coll. of Comput. Studies, New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

11-13 Aug. 2003

Firstpage

470

Lastpage

472

Abstract

Some IT industry leaders have realized how valuable university relations can be for their own corporate strategy and long term growth. This is due in part to the changing landscape of IT education and research in higher education institution, which is moving from a fundamental to a more applied and hands-on focus. We present here the case of the NJIT e-Business Laboratory (NJIT eLab), and discuss the various benefits it can provide to industry partners. We then conclude with some lessons for both parties and the efforts ahead to build stronger industry-academia relations.

Keywords

DP industry; computer science education; educational institutions; electronic commerce; recruitment; research initiatives; IT education; IT industry partners; IT research; NJIT e-business laboratory; corporate strategy; higher education institution; industry-academia relations; university relations; Computer aided software engineering; Computer industry; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Industrial relations; Information technology; Laboratories; Licenses; Research initiatives; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: Research and Education, 2003. Proceedings. ITRE2003. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7724-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITRE.2003.1270661

Filename

1270661