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- Title
Success factors in university-industry PhD projects.
- Authors
Salimi, Negin; Bekkers, Rudi; Frenken, Koen
- Abstract
Faced with ever-increasing pressure to innovate, firms consider universities to be significant sources of knowledge. Such knowledge flow can take place in a variety of ways such as academic publications and contract research, but also in more collaborative modes such as joint research projects. This paper focuses on a specific collaborative model, in which firms and universities are involved together in a PhD project. We analyze the effects of project management, communication, and supervision characteristics on the success of such PhD projects using a survey conducted at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. We conclude that management decisions, supervision and communication characteristics have a significant impact on the ultimate success of a project. Among other things, the choice of university supervisor plays a pivotal role. Success is more likely if there is joint decision-making by both university and partner. We believe our findings help universities and firms to collaborate successfully.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC-industrial collaboration; DOCTORAL degree; UNIVERSITY research; INDUSTRIAL research; SUCCESS
- Publication
Science & Public Policy (SPP), 2016, Vol 43, Issue 6, p812
- ISSN
0302-3427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/scipol/scv076