Drivers of Academic Engagement and University–Industry Collaboration in Conditions of Slovakia

Michal Hrivnák () and Jana Jarábková
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Michal Hrivnák: Institute of Regional and Rural Development, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Jana Jarábková: Institute of Regional and Rural Development, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia

Administrative Sciences, 2022, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: Universities have been perceived for several decades as an important development factor in the space that shapes the regional environment throughout the generation of new knowledge or technologies and the production of human capital. Our paper focuses on the less researched phenomenon of academic engagement, and thus, the development of university knowledge transfer based on interpersonal links between researchers and application actors from an academic perspective. This empirical study evaluates the results of a nationwide survey of academic researchers devoted to unhiding various aspects of formal and informal cooperation on an interpersonal basis. Using an econometric approach, the study investigates determinants of academic engagement of individual researchers and describes patterns of formal and informal ties between academics and businesses. The results explain which researchers participate in academic engagement activities and elaborate on the motivations and barriers of university–industry cooperation at the level of the individual. We also identified a significant volume of informal dissemination of knowledge of universities in the space via various channels.

Keywords: university; academic engagement; university–industry collaboration; knowledge diffusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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