Why collaborate? Exploring industry's strategic objectives for establishing industry-university technology relationships

This study examined the strategic objectives that industrial firms have for establishing industry-university technology relationships. Results from this multi-method, exploratory field study show that three clusters of firms surfaced: collegial players, aggressive players and targeted players. The implications of these findings for both industry and universities are discussed.

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