Engaging the scholar: Three types of academic consulting and their impact on universities and industry
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, first, 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.
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2008
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Authors: | Perkmann, Markus ; Walsh, Kathryn |
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Research Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0048-7333. - Vol. 37.2008, 10, p. 1884-1891
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Elsevier |
Keywords: | Academic consulting Faculty consulting University-industry relations Commercialization Science technology interface |
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