Knowledge Loves Company : Successful Models of Cooperation Between Universities and Companies in Europe

Which forms of company cooperation are open to cultural scientists and what can western universities and companies learn from current concepts in Eastern Europe? Using extensive interviews with successful managers, this book is an in-depth look at exceptional models of cooperation, using insights from eight different European companies. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 13 Potentials, Contradictions, and Game Rules: On Models of Cooperation Between Universities and Companies......Page 14 Cooperation Between Competitors: Intercompany and Interuniversity Research Collaboration......Page 34 Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur?: Cooperation and Technology Transfer I......Page 74 The Spinout Specialists: Cooperation and Technology Transfer II......Page 106 A New Architecture of Cooperation: Research Cooperation and Regional Development I......Page 140 The Rolls-Royce of Cooperation Models: Universities as an Integral Part of the R&D Units of a Company......Page 168 Idea Competition Instead of Managing Weaknesses: Cooperation and Regional Development II......Page 198 Using Lost Knowledge to Found Cooperatives: Cooperation and Development Aid......Page 228 The Ease and Burden of Starting Over: Research Cooperation After Communism......Page 252 Generalists Who Can Specialize: The Cultural Scientist as the Better Economist?......Page 280 Who or What is Innovative?: Basic Scientific Research on Cooperation......Page 314 Contributors......Page 340 Landschaft des Wissens......Page 348 Knowledge Loves Company Is Bursting With Insight From Eight European Countries. It Is A Backstage Glimpse At Exceptional Models - For Managers Of Universities, Small And Large Enterprises, University Or Company Researchers And Developers. It Outlines The Game Rules For Joint Research And Development Projects, And Looks At Innovative Cooperation Models For Small Businesses And At Development Opportunities For Rural Areas. Knowledge Loves Company Shows How The New Comes Into The World When Two Cultures As Different As Business And Academia Engage In Fruitful Dialogue.--jacket. Edited By Hans-joachim Gögl And Clemens Schedler ; Photography By Claudio Alessandri. Commissioned By Landschaft Des Wissens. Translated From The German. Includes Bibliographical References. Translated From The German. Which forms of company cooperation are open to cultural scientists and what can western universities and companies learn from current concepts in eastern European countries? "Knowledge Loves Company" is bursting with insight from eight European countries. It is a backstage glimpse at exceptional models -- for managers of universities, small and large enterprises, university or company researchers and developers. It outlines the game rules for joint research and development projects. Innovative cooperation models for small businesses and development opportunities for the rural area. "Knowledge Loves Company" shows how the new comes into the world when two cultures as different as business and academia engage in fruitful dialogue