How can academic innovation performance in university–industry collaboration be improved?
Journal
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Journal Volume
123
Pages
210-215
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Abstract
As universities gradually become the center of society's knowledge production system, their role in innovation becomes more diverse. In the pursuit of such a role, universities are encouraged to establish a university–industry collaboration (UIC) context that supports faculties and students to engage in entrepreneurial activities. On the basis of the organizational control perspective, we investigated how UIC factors, namely implementing a formal UIC management mechanism, implementing UIC regulations, and supporting an innovative climate, influence the academic innovation performance of universities. The results of partial least squares analysis of 141 Taiwanese universities showed that UIC-subsidized universities have more advantages for developing their UIC environment and improving academic innovation performance. We found that a formal UIC management mechanism might be the most essential factor for enhancing the academic innovation performance of non-UIC-subsidized universities. Furthermore, the innovation climate was found to moderate the relationship between formal UIC management mechanisms and academic innovation performance. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.
Subjects
Academic innovation performance; Organizational control perspective; University–industry collaboration
Other Subjects
Education; Least squares approximations; Societies and institutions; Entrepreneurial activity; Innovation performance; Knowledge production; Management mechanisms; Organizational controls; Partial least squares analysis; University-industry collaboration; Innovation; academic performance; implementation process; industrial performance; industrial production; innovation; knowledge; regulatory framework; university sector; Taiwan
Type
journal article