University–industry relationships and open innovation: Towards a research agenda

By Markus Perkmann, Kathryn Walsh. 2007

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Organizations increasingly rely on external sources of innovation via inter-organizational network relationships. This paper explores the diffusion and characteristics of collaborative relationships between universities and industry, and develops a research agenda informed by an open innovation perspective. A framework is proposed, distinguishing university industry relationships from other mechanisms such as technology transfer or human mobility. On the basis of the existing body of research, the role of practices such as collaborative research, university industry research centres, contract research and academic consulting is analysed. The evidence suggests that such university industry relationships are widely practised, whereby differences exist across industries and scientific disciplines. While most existing research focuses on the effects of university industry links on innovation-specific variables such as patents or firm innovativeness, the organizational dynamics of these relationships remain under-researched. A detailed research agenda addresses research needs in two main areas: search and match processes between universities and firms, and the organization and management of collaborative relationships.

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Impact of university intellectual property policy on the performance of university-industry research collaboration (2012, background): “Perkmann and Walsh (2007) describe the organization and management of UIC on individual, organizational, and institutional levels as a main agenda for further research.”
Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations (2017, background): “…while there have been calls for research on firms’ strategies when searching for and selecting academics as collaboration partners (see e.g., Perkmann and Walsh (2007), the industry’s criteria driving the choice of a specific academic partner for a collaborative research project remains an…”
Open innovation in the public sector of leading countries (2012, background): “Although this issue has been investigated from an open innovation perspective, it would be worthwhile for future studies to distinguish different types of open innovation to better understand the value of this collaborative relationship ( Perkmann and Walsh, 2007”
How firms collaborate with public research organizations : The evolution of proximity dimensions in successful innovation projects (2016, background): “The role of university-industry links in innovation has been extensively studied, but the organizational dynamics underlying these relationships are not well understood (Perkmann and Walsh, 2007).”
Best channels of academia–industry interaction for long-term benefit (2012, background): “…et al., 2008; Perkmann and Walsh, 2009; Eun, 2009; Cassiman, et al., 2010; Leisyte, 2011), the degree of interaction (Fritsch and Schwirten, 1999, Perkmann and Walsh, 2007; Santoro and Saparito, 2003; Schartinger, et al., 2002; Wright, et al., 2008), the direction of knowledge flows…”
Open service innovation and the firm's search for external knowledge (2014, background): “…in the management and policy literatures, and the establishment of stronger links with the public research base has not only been pursued by companies as part of their exploration activities, but has been actively encouraged in a variety of regional innovation policies (Perkmann & Walsh, 2007).”
Engaging the scholar: Three types of academic consulting and their impact on universities and industry (2008, background): “Yet as the multiplex nature of university-industry relationships is increasingly recognized, attention has shifted to forms of interaction that involve direct collaboration between academics and industry (Cohen et al., 2002; Perkmann and Walsh, 2007).”
Why do academics engage with industry? The entrepreneurial university and individual motivations (2009, background): “Joint (or collaborative) research among academic and industry researchers is widespread (Perkmann and Walsh, 2007).”
Informal university technology transfer: a comparison between the United States and Germany (2010, background): “It is therefore not surprising that formal and informal technology transfer may occur simultaneously ( Perkmann and Walsh 2007 ) and that firms have an interest to make use of both.”