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Engaging the scholar: Three types of academic consulting and their impact on universities and industry
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Author(s)
Perkmann, M
Walsh, K.
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present a conceptual framework of academic consulting and explore its impacts on universities and the benefits to innovating firms. We distinguish between three types of academic consulting: opportunity-driven, commercialization-driven and research-driven. Exploring the implications of these different types, firstly, we postulate that consulting has limited impact on biasing academic research towards more 'applied' themes. Secondly, while we expect research-driven consulting activities to be positively associated with research productivity, opportunity-driven consulting will have a negative impact. Thirdly, we differentiate between different functions of academic consulting for different types of firms.
Date Issued
2008
Date Acceptance
2008-01-01
Citation
Research Policy, 2008, 37 (10), pp.1884-1891
URI
URL
DOI
ISSN
0048-7333
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Start Page
1884
End Page
1891
Journal / Book Title
Research Policy
Volume
37
Issue
10
Copyright Statement
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Research Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Research Policy, 37(10), 2008 DOI:10.1016/j.respol.2008.07.009
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Identifier
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1133581
Subjects
faculty consulting
University-industry relations
collaborative research
commercialization
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Philadelphia, PA