Doctoral students on the university–industry interface: a review of the literature

Thune, Taran

doi:10.1007/s10734-009-9214-0

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“…Moreover, we asked for assistance to contact pre-and post-doctoral researchers from different scientific disciplines within each university and requested them to fill out our online questionnaire. Our survey deliberately targeted non-tenured academic staff, as they constitute an important but often overlooked channel for knowledge transfer that will shape entrepreneurial universities in the future (Bienkowska and Klofsten 2012;Thune 2009). …”

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Are researchers deliberately bypassing the technology transfer office? An analysis of TTO awareness

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link ARE RESEARCHERS DELIBERATELY BYPASSING THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE? AN ANALYSIS OF TTO AWARENESS ABSTRACTMost universities committed to the commercialization of academic research have established technology transfer offices (TTOs). Nonetheless, many researchers bypass these TTOs and take their inventions directly to the marketplace. While TTO bypassing has typically been portrayed as deliberate and undesirable behavior, we argue that it could be unintentional as many researchers may simply be unaware of the TTO's existence. Taking an information-processing perspective and using data on 3,250 researchers in 24 European universities, we examine researcher attributes associated with TTO awareness. Our evidence confirms that only a minority of researchers are aware of the existence of a TTO at their university. TTO awareness is greater among researchers who possess experience as entrepreneurs, closed many research and consulting contracts with industry partners, conduct research in medicine, engineering or life sciences, or occupy post-doctoral positions. Policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…In general, it has been found that industrial PhD candidates perform more than one function on the university-industry interface (Thune, 2009). Studying Swedish PhD candidates, Bienkowska and Klofsten (2012) analysed their attitudes to commercialization of research results, finding for the category of science and engineering that only a small minority had moved between university and a firm during their PhD education, whereas less than a third had no experience of external collaboration during the same period.…”

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From ideas to construction innovations: firms and universities collaborating

Bröchner¹,

Lagerqvist²

2016

CEB

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The purpose here is to study patterns of project collaboration found in one government supported programme for construction innovation. Preferred types of interaction were identified using data from two questionnaire surveys, one with experienced construction sector respondents and one aimed at construction researchers. All sixteen development projects within the Swedish Bygginnovationen programme were investigated, relying on documents and a survey of project managers. Important types of interaction, according to construction respondents, are informal contacts, joint research projects and staff mobility. For university respondents, informal contacts is also seen as the most important type of interaction, followed by MSc thesis work in firms and industrial PhD candidates. Grant applicants from manufacturing depended more on university laboratories and were less sensitive to firm/university distance. Laboratory use was also more frequent for projects relying on the field of materials engineering. In conclusion, there is a consensus about which types of collaboration are valuable. The broadness of participation in the programme, ranging over many industries, both as to origin of ideas and ultimate applications, reaches beyond narrow interpretations of the construction industry. Policy makers should recognize the innovation importance of university laboratory facilities and field testing, rather than seeing researchers as sources of ideas.

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“…Denne endringen har skapt flere spenninger, ikke minst i forhold til selve innholdet i doktorgradsløpet og hva som er det viktigste «produktet» som kommer ut av prosessen: Er det selve kunnskapen som er blitt utviklet eller foredlet, eller er det kandidaten selv? I denne spenningen vil man også kunne finne kimen til debatter om grunnforskningens plass i doktorgraden og hvor anvendt og arbeidsrelevant en doktorgrad bør vaere (Thune 2009). …”

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Doktorgradsløpet: fra et individuelt til et organisatorisk ansvar

Stensaker¹

2013

Uniped

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SammendragHistorisk har doktorgradsløpet endret karakter fra å ha et individuelt fokus sterkt knyttet til doktoranden og forholdet til veileder til et større fokus på laerestedets ansvar for kandidatene. Artikkelen diskuterer sentrale internasjonale og nasjonale utviklingstrekk som omhandler denne utviklingen, og viser hvordan man laerestedene over tid har tatt et sterkere organisatorisk ansvar for å styrke kvalitet, effektivitet og relevans i doktorgradsutdanningen. Artikkelen peker avslutningsvis på noen paradokser og dilemmaer knyttet til denne utviklingen Á bå de for kandidatene selv og for laerestedene. Abstract Policy changes in doctoral education. Implications for universities and collegesThe PhD is changing from being an individual responsibility where the relationship between the candidate and the supervisor has been the key element to being much more of an organizational responsibility. The article discusses international and domestic trends that has caused this development, and shows how factors such as quality, efficiency and relevance have been key drivers in the change process. In the conclusion, two key dilemmas are discussed related to the transforming PhD Á both at the individual level and at the university level.

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Doctoral students on the university–industry interface: a review of the literature

Cited by 163 publications

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Are researchers deliberately bypassing the technology transfer office? An analysis of TTO awareness

Are researchers deliberately bypassing the technology transfer office? An analysis of TTO awareness

From ideas to construction innovations: firms and universities collaborating

Doktorgradsløpet: fra et individuelt til et organisatorisk ansvar

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