Organisations increasingly rely on external sources of innovation viainterorganisational network relationships. This article explores the diffusion andcharacteristics of collaborative relationships between universities and industry, anddevelops a research agenda informed by an ‘open...

We analyze the impact of university-industry relationships on public research. Our inductive study of university-industry collaboration in engineering suggests that basic projects are more likely to yield academically valuable knowledge than applied projects. However, applied projects show...

A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, consulting and informal relationships for university–industry knowledge transfer. We present a systematic review of research on academic scientists’ involvement in these activities to which we...