For richer, or poorer, in science and in health… what makes industry-university partnerships work or fail?

Malik, Poonam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-722X (2017) For richer, or poorer, in science and in health… what makes industry-university partnerships work or fail? In: University of Cumbria Research & Innovation Conference: Achievement, Impact and Potential, 7 July 2017, Lancaster, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Is there a secret recipe for highly effective rewarding Academia-Corporate/University-Industry (A-C/U-I) partnerships? 14 key opinion leaders and stakeholders from global, national and regional industry, academia and independent knowledge transfer organisations were chosen to have in-depth interviews, to understand key issues around these questions. Results of this research demonstrate that high level scientific efforts, interpersonal skills, people competencies, organisational behaviour and leadership attributes are the key success factors required to establish and manage A-C/U-I Strategic Partnerships (SPs) effectively. SPs require alignment of mutual complementary interests and skills to co-design research with strategic partners - a concept that most organisations appear to be oblivious of. On the other side of the coin poor policies, lengthy administrative processes, lack of clear strategy on valuing research intellectual property and people without requisite attributes are the main barriers that pose significant threat. Conclusions are that traditional approaches to measure 'success outcomes' pose significant risks as success of these strategic partnerships cannot be measured with conventional quantitative metrics.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Departments:	Professional Services > Research Office & Graduate School (ROGS)
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2018 15:33
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2024 18:00
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3909

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