 Building a Bridge to the MarketManuel Stagars Chapter Chapter 18 in University Startups and Spin-Offs, 2015, pp 171-175 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Currently, few links exist between universities and the business community. This makes sense, because both work differently. State-funded universities largely run as not-for-profit entities, whereas businesses with shareholders are at home in the capitalist paradigm. Regardless, universities often declare that they benefit from established links to the business community. These exist mainly in research, where corporations sponsor certain projects. However, when examined more closely, such connections do little for university startups—as I have mentioned, they are often nothing more than a convenient strategy for corporations to let researchers do their R&D inexpensively. Such links are not particularly valuable for universities, and the knowledge exchange is lopsided. Corporations extract know-how from university research teams, but universities gain no insight about how entrepreneurship works and how they could better commercialize research in the market. This is unfortunate, and some universities have begun to realize there is room for improvement. Keywords: Knowledge Exchange; Business Community; Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Entrepreneurial Success; Internet Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4842-0623-2_18 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4842-0623-2_18 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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