Title :
Why collaborate? Exploring industry´s strategic objectives for establishing industry-university technology relationships
Author :
Santoro, Michael D. ; Chakrabarti, Alok K.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Bus. & Econ., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
This study examined the strategic objectives that industrial firms have for establishing industry-university technology relationships. Results from this multi-method, exploratory field study show that three clusters of firms surfaced: collegial players, aggressive players and targeted players. The implications of these findings for both industry and universities are discussed
Keywords :
product development; research and development management; technology transfer; R&D management; aggressive players; collaboration; collegial players; industrial firms; industry-university technology relationships; strategic objectives; targeted players; Business; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Commercialization; Educational institutions; Environmental economics; Industrial economics; Industrial relations; Pharmaceutical technology; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.787788
