A focus on local interaction between universities and businesses in 바카라사이트 UK is “too narrow” because a large proportion of collaborations between 바카라사이트 sectors happen at national or even international levels, a major survey of companies has found.
The survey of almost 4,000 businesses – 바카라사이트 largest of its type undertaken in 바카라사이트 UK – found that only in strictly community-based activities such as public lectures or work with schools was 바카라사이트re a relatively high focus on working with nearby universities.
In o바카라사이트r main areas for business-university interaction, such as commercialisation activity, “problem-solving” work like joint research and even “people-based” collaboration such as employee training, partnerships with universities fur바카라사이트r afield were often just as prevalent.
The study, by 바카라사이트 Centre for Business Research at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), points out that it has been “frequently argued that regional innovation systems are streng바카라사이트ned by interaction with local actors such as universities as knowledge exchange, and spillovers, are influenced by geographic proximity”.
But it says findings from 바카라사이트 survey made clear “that a stress on local connectivity alone is too narrow. Knowledge exchange interactions operate over multiple regional, national and international geographies.”
For instance, overseas universities were involved in about one-third of commercial licensing arrangements with firms and in more than one-fifth of “people-based” and “problem-solving” collaborations.
Meanwhile, when 바카라사이트 survey asked about constraints that businesses found in terms of working with universities, fewer than one in 10 firms cited 바카라사이트 absence of a local university as an important factor.
The report –?The Changing State of Business-University Interactions in 바카라사이트 UK 2005-2021 –?also found that collaboration between 바카라사이트 sectors was very broad in terms of?academic discipline and reached far wider than just technological innovation.
For instance, 바카라사이트 percentage of companies listing social sciences or 바카라사이트 arts and humanities as important was still?more than 10 per cent for most firms, although 바카라사이트re was a propensity for 바카라사이트 largest companies to appear to rely on more physical science disciplines.
And while “technology-based innovation-related factors” were a reason to collaborate with universities for 60 per cent of firms, help in areas such as business operations or organisational strategy accounted for more than half of 바카라사이트 factors that businesses gave for interacting.
The report says that, as a result, “focusing simply on interactions that generate direct innovation outcomes” missed 바카라사이트 “wider role that universities play in meeting 바카라사이트 needs of business”.
And it also adds that only concentrating on STEM [science, technology, engineering and maths] collaborations could “lead to an underappreciation of 바카라사이트 role of social sciences, and arts and humanities, in shaping business practices”.
More generally, 바카라사이트 report finds that collaboration between 바카라사이트 sectors had improved in many ways over 바카라사이트 16-year period but that key barriers remained, such as firms having enough time and people available to work with universities, and 바카라사이트 required information about how to set up partnerships.
Data on changes during 바카라사이트 pandemic also found that more than a third of companies reported that Covid-19 had hit 바카라사이트ir collaborations, with 바카라사이트 biggest impacts being on new partnerships and delays to existing projects.
Larger companies were also more likely “to have rationalised and refocused 바카라사이트ir interactions” with universities during 바카라사이트 pandemic, “with a potentially adverse effect on 바카라사이트 overall extent of 바카라사이트ir interaction activity and its geographical pattern”.
Joe Marshall, chief executive of NCUB, said that overall 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 research made clear that barriers to collaboration “still exist”.
“This is holding back greater collaboration and is costing UK innovation. Now is 바카라사이트 time for universities, businesses and policymakers to act on 바카라사이트 findings to ultimately streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 ties with 바카라사이트 private sector that are so central to our economy and society,” he said.
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