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An analysis of the organisational factors that determine education-related university-business cooperation activities in manufacturing SMEs.
- Source :
- Studies in Higher Education; May2022, Vol. 47 Issue 5, p982-989, 8p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Cooperation between universities and business is manifest in a wide range of activities related to the three missions of the entrepreneurial university: education, research and entrepreneurship. However, the vast majority of University-Business Cooperation (UBC) literature has focused on R&D-related activities. This bias has given rise to a lack of knowledge of the organisational context-related factors that shape businesses' cooperation with universities. In order to address this research gap, this quantitative study, by means of a series of multivariate linear regression models, identifies the organisational context-related factors that determine manufacturing SMEs' cooperation levels in education-related UBC activities. Applying a questionnaire to a sample of 332 manufacturing SMEs located in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Spain), the impact is analysed of organisational context-related factors – general business characteristics, business openness, R&D, innovation, and UBC willingness and support – on 5 types of UBC activities that have been identified and classified in the field of education, namely, mobility of students, dual education, curriculum co-design, curriculum co-delivery and lifelong learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03075079
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Studies in Higher Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156730460
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2022.2055322