University-Industry Collaboration: The Case of Jammerbugt Municipality
Author
Donneborg Roed, Casper
Term
4. term
Publication year
2012
Submitted on
2012-08-06
Pages
148
Abstract
This thesis, conducted in collaboration with Business Centre Jammerbugt, examines how firms in Jammerbugt Municipality collaborate with universities and whether local barriers differ from those identified in the existing literature. It tests two related hypotheses: that proximity influences the types of barriers observed, and that the types of knowledge transferred vary within the municipality. The study combines a literature review on motivations, benefits, costs, and barriers with theories on the Triple Helix, economic geography, proximity, and knowledge types, and implements ten qualitative case studies of firms that have engaged in or attempted university collaboration. The cases explore motivations, benefits, costs, barriers, economic geography, and knowledge forms. Findings show a diverse set of barriers: some align with the literature, some anticipated barriers did not materialize during collaboration, and several differ from established typologies. Economic geography helps explain certain barriers and, together with other factors, contributes to challenges often rooted in firms’ limited understanding of how universities operate. Moreover, while most transferred knowledge was explicit, tacit knowledge also flowed across larger geographic distances when social and organizational proximity between partners was strong.
Dette speciale, udarbejdet i samarbejde med Erhvervscenter Jammerbugt, undersøger, hvordan virksomheder i Jammerbugt Kommune samarbejder med universiteter, og om de lokale barrierer adskiller sig fra dem, som den eksisterende litteratur beskriver. Afledt heraf testes to hypoteser: at nærhed påvirker typen af barrierer, og at typen af overført viden varierer inden for kommunen. Studiet kombinerer et litteraturreview om motivation, nytte, omkostninger og barrierer med teorier om Triple Helix, økonomisk geografi, nærhed og vidensformer, og gennemfører ti kvalitative casestudier af virksomheder, der har haft eller forsøgt at etablere universitetssamarbejder. Casene belyser motivation, gevinster, omkostninger, barrierer, økonomisk geografi og vidensformer. Resultaterne viser, at der findes en bred vifte af barrierer: nogle stemmer overens med litteraturen, nogle forventede barrierer viste sig ikke at være reelle under samarbejdet, og flere adskiller sig fra litteraturens typologi. Økonomisk geografi kan delvist forklare visse barrierer, og i samspil med andre forhold bidrager den til barrierer, der ofte udspringer af virksomhedernes begrænsede kendskab til universitetsverdenen. Desuden var den overførte viden overvejende eksplicit, men tavs viden blev også overført på tværs af større geografiske afstande, når den sociale og organisatoriske nærhed mellem parterne var høj.
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