Academics' Strategies and Obstacles in Achieving Collaboration between Universities and SMEs

Autor/inn/en	Karlsson, Jan; Booth, Shirley; Odenrick, Per
Titel	Academics' Strategies and Obstacles in Achieving Collaboration between Universities and SMEs
Quelle	In: Tertiary Education and Management, 13 (2007) 3, S.187-201 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-3883
Schlagwörter	Small Businesses; Cooperation; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Partnerships in Education; Scholarship; Community Services; Researchers; Universities; Higher Education; Interviews; Sweden; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kleingewerbe; Co-operation; Kooperation; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Scholarships; Stipendium; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Researcher; Forscher; University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schweden; USA
Abstract	There is an ongoing debate both in the United States and Europe about the need to develop a broader view of scholarship and the different activities connected with it, including "service to the community". This empirical study reveals that researchers who are engaged in collaboration with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) encounter many hindrances within the academic structure and obstacles due cultural differences that needs to be overcome. But it is also evident that they are creative and learn different strategies in accomplishing their goals and they also bring back useful experiences and knowledge from their cooperation into their research and teaching within the academic organization. We suggest that attention should be paid to the broader and more elaborate view of collaborative knowledge production that we present in the article if university structures are to provide better support for their academic staff to interact profitably with the community, and thereby create a "win-win situation" for everyone involved. (Contains 2 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10