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Break-Out Groups: Objectives
Pages 12-15

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... The final session of the workshop included reports on these breakout discussions. Characteristics and Measures of Successful Partnerships Discussions during breakout sessions identified a host of characteristics or indica i Characteristics of success identified by nclustrial participants included: increased awareness of and exposure to new technologies; increased opportunities to enhance the knowledge base of employees; .
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From page 13...
... Among the many approaches to demonstrating this outcome, discussions during breakout sessions identified the following project milestones are achieved; frequent communication between partners occurs; . ing in follow-up activity shows a mutually stimulating influence among the partners, · intellectual property (e.g., number of patents or copyrights applied for or granted)
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... These include · intellectual property and publication policies that balance industry's need to secure patent protection with the university's obligation to disseminate knowledge freely; · agreements that are tailored to the size of the project, to the needs of the parties, and to other factors specific to the project; and · incentive systems on both sides of a partnership and especially within the university's tenure and promotion systemthat reward interdisciplinary collaborations. Mar~agemer~t Issues Senior management in industry and in universities have a tremendous impact on the probability of success in industry-university collaborations.
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... by developing marketing interfaces with industry; · facilitate sabbaticals at companies for interested faculty, and arrange cooperative opportunities for students; · modify incentive and reward systems to aware! credit for interdisciplinary, incus' try-university research collaborations, thereby acknowledging the value of team approaches and of applier]
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  • management issues
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  • initial projects
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  • management structure

  • modify incentive
  • publication policies
  • develop technology
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  • knowledge freely

  • trained pool
  • arrange cooperative
  • student theses
  • senior management
  • final session

  • cooperative opportunities
  • critical characteristics
  • specific universities
  • improve current
  • stimulating influence


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