Title :
A study on university-industry research collaborations of small-medium enterprises
Author_Institution :
Center for Cooperative Res., Niigata Univ., Niigata
Abstract :
The university-industry research collaborations (UIRCs) have been recognized as an important factor of the production of innovation and have been mainly conducted by large enterprises so far in Japan. Meanwhile, there are a lot of problems in the UIRCs of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and almost of such enterprises except research and development type of SMEs have not taken a step forward the UIRCs. However, the intensity and extent of UIRCs are important for the support of SMEs and the activities of economy since the rate of SMEs is high in the regional area. In this paper, the characteristics of Niigata area that is one of the areas in which SMEs are almost occupied, approaches to the UIRCs in Niigata University, the joint researches between the university and industry in Niigata University, schemes to joint researches, and successful cases are analyzed and discussed.
Keywords :
educational institutions; innovation management; organisational aspects; research and development; research initiatives; small-to-medium enterprises; Japan; Niigata university; innovation management; joint research; research and development; small-to-medium enterprises; university-industry research collaborations; Cities and towns; Collaboration; Costs; Food industry; Heating; Law; Petroleum; Production; Research and development; Technological innovation; Japan; joint research; scheme; small-medium enterprises (SMEs); successful cases; university-industry research collaborations (UIRCs);
Conference_Titel :
Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2329-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2330-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654351
