Efforts about Industry-University Cooperation

University - Industry Cooperation in Research and Development

This paper tries to investigate some of the characteristics of the UniversityIndustry RJVs established in Europe in the context of the European Framework Programmes. UI-RJVs are examined against the non UI-RJVs on their duration, size, technology areas, frequency of participation and country distribution. In addition the objectives, benefits and problems from cooperation with Universities, are ...

Development of University-Industry Cooperation in the Republic of Kazakhstan

University–industry cooperation: Researchers’ motivations and interaction channels

The objective of this study is to examine the interface between researchers’ motivations and interaction channels concerning university–industry cooperation. For this purpose, we conducted a case study in a medium-sized higher education institution in Portugal. Interviews with university management and documentary analysis served for data-collection. We found that the traditional service and bi...

University - Industry Cooperation in Curriculum Development and Delivery

1 Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 [email protected] Abstract The industrial involvement with universities can range from defining the goals for the entire programs to more limited involvement in a single course. This paper presents a case study on the author’s experience with industrial involvement in defining, developing and delivering graduate level course for st...

Fluctuating Efforts and Sustainable Cooperation

We show that when individuals confronted with a social dilemma contribute to the common good with an effort that fluctuates in time, they can make the group generate an average utility that actually decreases in time. This paradoxical behavior takes place in spite of the fact that typically individuals are found to be contributing at any given time. This novel phenomenon, which we verified in a...