Department of Economics and Business - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Title:: The effect of university culture and stakeholders' perceptions on university-business linking activities
Author:: Jeannine Horowitz Gassol
Date:: May 2005
Abstract:: The present work discusses the effects of university culture and structure on university-business relations, focusing on knowledge transfer activities. It puts forward the thesis that when links between university and business are introduced into the university system as a turn-key proposition rather than as developmental process, the prevailing university culture and structure will exert resistance against change and will oppose the creation of appropriate structures to promote them, with deleterious effects for the university.
Keywords:: technology transfer, organizational development and innovation management
JEL codes:: O31, O32, O33, O57
Area of Research:: Management and Organization Studies / Operations Management

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