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Review
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Factors
affecting on collaboration of industry with University
Tayebeh
Abbasnejad, Abbas Moghbel Baerz*, Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy
and Adel Azar
Faculty of
Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University,
Tehran, Iran.
*Corresponding
author. E-mail:
moghbela@modares.ac.ir. Tel: +989121300468.
Accepted 30 May, 2011 |
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Abstract |
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It is well
acknowledged that innovation has become a strategic source in
creating sustainable competitive advantages for firms. Since
innovation is increasingly related to a firm’s
ability to assimilate and exploit
external knowledge, firms are facing challenges of accessing
knowledge and sources of innovation.
One of the sources for accessing external knowledge is the
knowledge generated in universities. Therefore, the
objective of this article is to review the literature on
university-industry interactions and to identify the
characteristics of firm which influence its ability in utilizing
scientific knowledge transferred from universities. A number of
factors are discussed which may influence the knowledge firms
obtain from interactions with university researchers. They
include: (1) Size; 2) Absorptive capacity; 3) R&D intensity; 4)
Structure; 5) Strategy; 6) Culture; and 7) Trust. It is believed
that this framework can provide a useful organizing scheme for
understanding the existing literature on academic research,
explaining the determinants on obtaining knowledge and guiding
future studies on this issue.
Key words:
Knowledge transfer,
industry-university interactions, innovation.
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