The co-operation of universities and IT companies in Estonia

Author

Jaakkola, H. ; Kalja, A. ; Meriste, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland

fYear

1998

fDate

11-13 Oct 1998

Firstpage

202

Lastpage

206

Abstract

The rationale and objectives of the cooperation of universities and IT companies necessitate a new approach based on the convergence of technologies, teaching and research together with the increasing significance of content. Reflecting the nature of the information society, cooperation of IT manufacturing firms and universities will play an important role in the development and take-up of IT professionals education, especially in the Estonian context. The situation is analysed and possible developments considered

Keywords

commerce; education; information technology; research and development management; teaching; technology transfer; Estonia; IT companies; IT professionals education; R&D; co-operation; manufacturing firms; research; teaching; technologies; universities; Aging; Cybernetics; Education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Government; Industrial training; Information technology; Innovation management; Manufacturing industries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering and Technology Management, 1998. Pioneering New Technologies: Management Issues and Challenges in the Third Millennium. IEMC '98 Proceedings. International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Juan, PR

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5082-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.1998.727761

Filename

727761