The Academic – Industry Cooperation and the (Long) Road from Strategy to Competitiveness

Abstract:

The issue of competitiveness is analyzed in terms of macro and microeconomic, based on two studies - one multinational (12 selected countries), one national (505 selected companies), focusing on the correlation between innovation, competitiveness and economic growth, considered as a guarantee to ensure the prosperity of a nation by transforming efficiency the available resources. The recovery of some historical gaps requires coherent national strategies to highlight competitive advantages, the cooperation within the academic-industry-government triad being a vital engine for creating, developing and disseminating new knowledge and skills useful for all society. The academic-industry relations are addressed through the common major interests, such as the absorption of technology and competitiveness, the training of the staff and the development of the entrepreneurial skills, the R & D activities and innovation, the partnerships and the funding sources, being highlighted the collaboration and technological change barriers , but also the concrete proposals for strengthen the bilateral connections, implicitly the national innovation system (NIS).

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 760)
• Pages: 701-706
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.760.701
• Online since: May 2015
• Authors: Viorel Liviu Albulescu*, Corneliu Neagu, Cristian Doicin, Sergiu Tonoiu
• Keywords: Academic-Industry Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technological Resources

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