ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1989, compares, contrasts and evaluates the nature, scale and direction of industry-academic interactions in Britain and Japan: the conversion of academic discoveries into practical products. Japan shows its outstanding ability to translate scientific ideas into high technology products. Within this wider investigation, detailed consideration is given to the manner in which these interactions promote innovation and technology transfer. The information in this study provides a perspective against which decisions can be made about industry-education interaction arrangements, and much of this information is largely unavailable outside Japan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Research and development methods and expenditures
part II|64 pages
Systems of Academic — Industrial Interaction
part III|66 pages
Case studies of industry — education and co-operation
part IV|49 pages
European Community initiatives
part V|27 pages
Evaluation and conclusions