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Strategic Industry-University Partnerships
Success-Factors from Innovative Companies
- 1st Edition - June 8, 2018
- Editors: Lars Frølund, Max Riedel
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 0 9 8 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 0 0 1 - 0
Strategic Industry-University Partnerships: Success-Factors from Innovative Companies unveils insights of experts from leading companies on managing partnerships with universit… Read more
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Request a sales quoteStrategic Industry-University Partnerships: Success-Factors from Innovative Companies unveils insights of experts from leading companies on managing partnerships with universities. Industry-university partnerships have proved vital to innovation, and although these partnerships can be challenging, careful choices and wise management around five success-factors leads to a systematic approach that unlocks value for both parties. University assessments of these partnerships have been widely described, but industry perspectives are less well understood. This volume captures observations of leading international corporations without omitting university views. It can serve all partners in alliances as a guide to strengthening their organizations.
- Unveils insights of experts from BMW, DuPont, Ferrovial, IBM, Novo Nordisk, Rolls-Royce, Schlumberger, and Siemens
- Presents the key challenges of university-industry collaboration and how world-leading companies tackle them
- Describes the success-factors for working with universities, such as selecting focus areas, university partners and collaboration formats in a systematic way and having the right organizational support and evaluation criteria
Graduate students, university administrators, and professionals worldwide involved in university-commercial collaborations
- No. of pages: 230
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 8, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128109892
- eBook ISBN: 9780128110010
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Lars Frølund
Dr. Lars Frølund is a visiting fellow and research director at MIT. In 2005, he established one of the first units for university-industry collaboration in Denmark. He has since worked intensively to develop strategic collaborations between research and private companies.
Affiliations and expertise
MIT, United StatesMR
Max Riedel
Dr. Max Riedel is senior consultant at Siemens Corporate Technology University Relations. His daily tasks include consulting Siemens businesses in all aspects of university cooperation, ranging from developing a partnering strategy over finding suitable research partners to fostering long-term strategic cooperation. He is also key account manager for two of Siemens’ Strategic Partner Universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Siemens AG