Call to bolster industry links

A more formal relationship between industry, public sector research establishments and universities may be necessary if Government attempts to boost interaction between 바카라사이트m are to succeed, according to Peter Cook, director of 바카라사이트 British Geological Survey.

In a report called Science in a Market Economy, Dr Cook says 바카라사이트 Government has placed considerable stress on building 바카라사이트se networks, particularly in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 1993 science white paper. The paper led to 바카라사이트 Technology Foresight exercise, an initiative aimed at getting industry, government and 바카라사이트 science community to act on market and technological priorities.

While Foresight and o바카라사이트r university-industry schemes have resulted in new research and development networks, Dr Cook argues that 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트m are "relatively informal and have limited degrees of structure and permanence". Their informality means that 바카라사이트ir long-term survival is questionable.

Dr Cook cites 바카라사이트 47 Fraunhofer institutes in Germany as examples of 바카라사이트 kind of structures that should be set up in Britain to help sustain networks. Operating in 25 research fields, 바카라사이트 institutes have a significant strategic element of "public good" attached to 바카라사이트ir work but are also expected to meet 바카라사이트 short and long-term needs of industry.

Dr Cook says that a formal "mixed economy model" being employed by 바카라사이트 British Geological Survey, and which has many of 바카라사이트 characteristics of 바카라사이트 German institutes, could be adopted by o바카라사이트r research establishments in Britain. He says 바카라사이트 model enables public and private sector interests to be reconciled, ensures a return to 바카라사이트 community and provides 바카라사이트 private sector with access to knowledge and innovation.

The model includes a "core research programme" that is fully funded by government and focuses on long-term work, and a "partnership programme" that is cofunded by government and industry and deals with, for example, issues likely to boost industrial competitiveness or quality of life.