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Bridging The Gap Between University And Industry: Three Mechanisms For Innovation Efficiency

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  • JOHANNA WALLIN

    (Product and Production Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;
    Quality PD, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems, 46181 Trollhättan, Sweden)

  • OLA ISAKSSON

    (Product and Production Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;
    Quality PD, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems, 46181 Trollhättan, Sweden)

  • ANDREAS LARSSON

    (Design Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden)

  • BENGT-OLOF ELFSTRÖM

    (Advanced Engineering, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems, 46181 Trollhättan, Sweden)

Abstract

A key challenge for competence networking is the difficulty of contextual understanding between people from different organizations. Despite close collaboration, full insight into a company is difficult, although desirable, for university partners to achieve and vice versa. The case study described in this paper is of a company with long experience of university–industry collaboration. The paper reports on a designerly approach to overcome barriers of university–industry collaboration. The approach is combined with strategic, tactic and operational dimensions. It builds on three corresponding mechanisms: a tool to facilitate strategic understanding, workshops to facilitate tactical co-creation, and prototyping to facilitate operational ideation.

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  • Johanna Wallin & Ola Isaksson & Andreas Larsson & Bengt-Olof Elfström, 2014. "Bridging The Gap Between University And Industry: Three Mechanisms For Innovation Efficiency," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(01), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:11:y:2014:i:01:n:s0219877014400057
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877014400057
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    1. Grimpe, Christoph & Hussinger, Katrin, 2008. "Formal and Informal Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-080, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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