Abstract
Universites are one of the key actors within natonal and regional innovaton systems. The nature of university-industry collaboraton has changed during the last decades and it varies across countries and regions. Di?erent factors determine the interacton among both organizatons, from those related to the industrial structure of the territory to others related to insttutonal and legal frameworks. In this paper we aim at adding to the understanding of this process based on the comparison between two European regions, Apulia in Italy and Galicia in Spain. Our results show that a progressive transiton from a separated to a more integrated approach has occurred at the relatonal framework a?ectng universites and industry in both regions. Public policies, partcularly from the regional level, have been relevant for promotng university-industry collaboraton in Galicia and Apulia. Nevertheless, there stll remain cultural and insttutonal barriers, both from the academy and business sphere, which impede a closer and more fruitul interacton. Besides, the poor innovatve culture of traditonal industries which dominate in both regions, might a?ect university-industry interacton. However, an adjustment of the university o?er in terms of research is also needed as we observe that collaboraton is too much biased by the university scientfc and departmental specializaton and too litle by local and regional industrial specializaton.
Highlights
The experience demonstrates that a mutual integration between university and industry can foster the development of the communities in which both are operating (Camagni, Maillat and Matteaccioli, 2004)
The nature of universityindustry collaboration varies across countries and regions because of different factors, from those related to the industrial structure of the territory to others related to institutions and legal frameworks
In the second and third section we present the major features of university-industry collaboration in Galicia and Apulia region respectively
Summary
The experience demonstrates that a mutual integration between university and industry can foster the development of the communities in which both are operating (Camagni, Maillat and Matteaccioli, 2004). Industrial research is likely to be specific in orientation and firms are focused on creating private and valuable knowledge that can be used to set-up process and produce goods Both university and industry have mutual interest in knowledge and research abilities formation and in technology transfer as well, they sometimes operate separately and follow different ways. In this paper we look at two experiences of university-industry cooperation at the regional level For this goal we have chosen Apulia in Italy and Galicia in Spain. We will try to answer the following questions: a) to what extent universities in Apulia and Galicia have moved towards a more integrated model of interaction with industry and, b) how the institutional set-up and the productive specificities of each region shape the relationship between universities and industry? Knowledge Management Special Issue: Learning and innovation in space, Arne Isaksen, James Karlsen, Marta Gancarczyk
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