Shaping partnerships between universities and SMEs within the open innovation framework

Jean-Charles Cadiou and Jean-Claude Boldrini ()
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Jean-Charles Cadiou: LS2N - Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes - UN UFR ST - Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques - UN - Université de Nantes - ECN - École Centrale de Nantes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]
Jean-Claude Boldrini: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes

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Abstract: Universities produce new knowledge from their research activity. Those results can be used to develop new solutions in order to offer to companies a sustainable differentiation facing their competitors. The process could be very fruitful for both actors. But in many case it is not obvious due to the different culture between the universes of companies and universities. This separation between those two worlds is more important for SMEs. SMEs without means of research ignores very often what it could bring. So which that is the size of the considered company, it is necessary to set up interfaces to establish a two side relation. This paper presents an example to connect permanently universities to companies in a winning-winning relation within the framework of a strengthened process of innovation. The study case is from the Université de Nantes. The firm of the université of Nantes, a private company, transforms the results of the researcher works and produces usable innovating solutions. This private company ensures the double culture to act as interface between constraints of both environments.

Keywords: Open innovation; University and SMEs; Relationship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-04-23
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Published in First International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Apr 2012, Cairo, Egypt

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