Industrial Perspectives on Innovation and Interactions with Universities. Summary of Interviews with Senior Industrial Officials

摘要

The report examines industrial perspectives on innovation and on how alliances with universities are expected to influence technical change and competitiveness within individual companies. Individual discussions were held with 17 senior industrial research managers representing a range of fields of research as well as a variety of sizes and types of companies. These key officials shared their perspectives on central aspects of the innovation processes in their firms, the nature of the relationships of their firms to universities, and the implications for national research and development (R&D) policy. The paper is a summary of the results of the interviews.