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Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia Working Paper No. 12/2005 Strength of Partnership as a Key Factor in Collaboration Between Universities and Industry for Production of IP: A Study of Applications to the BHERT Awards by Leon Mann Date: June 2005 Abstract: “The study reported in this Working Paper examines the association between strength of relationship between partners in R&D collaborations and the amount or quality of innovation. Three hypotheses were tested: First, the stronger the relationship between partners in collaboration, the greater the innovation. Second, the longer the duration of the collaboration, the stronger the relationship and the greater the innovation. And third, the fewer the number of partners in the collaboration, the stronger the relationship and the greater the innovation. The three hypotheses were tested with data from a sample of 84 R&D collaborations submitted for annual awards to the Business-Higher Education Round Table, 1999-2004, in three categories: general collaborations (n=53), international collaborations (n=12), and collaborations involving a Cooperative Research Centre (n=19). There was evidence to support all three hypotheses, although in the case of CRCs, the predicted effect of number of partners was not found. The findings demonstrate the importance of social-structural factors– number of partners, duration of partnership, strength of relationship- as contributors to innovation as well as the importance of taking type of collaboration into account when analysing these factors. The findings have implications for policy and practice, and especially for the facilitation of effective R&D partnerships between universities and industry.” Downloads: PDF [226K] |
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