De quoi ça parle ? University/SME collaboration. Universities and research centres can help form so-called systems and networks of innovation. SMEs collaborate with systems of innovation on regional, national or even international levels, dependant on their knowledge and competence needs. SMEs that innovate through science-driven R&D (e.g. in biotech) tend to collaborate with partners across the world in search for new and unique knowledge. SMEs that innovate through engineering based user-producer learning tend to collaborate with nearby partner. Here, innovation often involves the application of existing knowledge or new combinations of knowledge.
Collaboration with universities and research institutions can also consist of creating of special centres in form of business incubators to support business activity for start-up initiatives, especially in innovative sectors. Please read: • Best practice of collaboration between SMEs and Universities To get an idea how the company can use social networks to collaborate watch the video.
Pourquoi est-ce important ? Compétitivité : renforcer le partenariat université-recherche-entreprise. Why Collaborate. “Collaborate or die” An exaggeration? Or not? Many of today’s top companies view collaboration as central to their business operations, and as you will see in this module, business collaboration can be used very successfully to reduce costs, improve profit margins, reduce risk, gain market share, gain valuable new knowledge amongst other benefits.
In this module we will outline the different collaboration options and opportunities. It will not be an exhaustive guide to all aspects of collaboration, but we will provide an overview of different business areas in which SMEs can work together for business benefit, such as; training, new product development, and improved customer service and market development. At the end of this module you will be able to: In order to cultivate business innovation, the condition and tools for the transfer and exchange of knowledge between businesses must be created, as the scale and scope of SMEs often limits their generation of innovation. Benefits and barriers of collaboration. Comment fait-on ? Allier propriété intellectuelle et normalisation. Responsible Partnering Initiative and University-Business Collaborative Research. Europe’s universities are increasingly developing partnerships in their research and innovation missions, embracing the “Open Innovation model” of university-business collaboration and seeking to embed this is in sound project management and improved intellectual property management that reflects respective interests.
The Responsible Partnering Initiative has been developed through close collaboration between EUA, the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA), the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) and the European Network of Knowledge Transfer Offices linked to Universities and Public Research Organisations (ProTon Europe). The origins of the Responsible Partnering Initiative date back to a major Conference which was held in 2004 which brought together the main stakeholders from universities, industry and public research organisations. In October 2009 a fully revised 'Responsible Partnering Guidelines' GUIDELINES FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCHAND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERBETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.