Study and model on university-industry relations in cluster management within the North-West Region of Romania

Abstract

In previous research on the N-W Region of Romania, it appeared that there are conditions conducive to the emergence of early-type clusters in this region. These conditions are manifested first and foremost from the bottom up, in the sense of the existence of material equipment with fixed means and human strength, both as professionals and as specialists. These conditions are also top-down in the sense of the authorities’ preoccupation with developing strategies and a legislative framework to support and encourage the formation of these clusters and their further development. It has also been highlighted that in parallel with cluster structures, there are networks of innovation of IVth and Vth generation structures, including universities and research and design institutes, which are somehow superimposed on the structure clusters and which, by their interaction with all these elements of the clusters, have the effect of stimulating the technological transfer, for example, among others. In order to maximize the existence of these two networks, a model is proposed to be able to simulate different scenarios of evolution and interaction between all the components of the two structures, in order to highlight ways to deepen the integration of collaboration between these networks. The novelty of the model would be to introduce a negative feedback on actual and incidental external actions on the system and to introduce a particular property that takes into account the actions of the individuals involved, actions related to the free will of individuals, which cannot be restricted and cannot be assumed a priori that they are exercised only in the sense of amplifying some actions, even if these actions are positive.