Geographical distribution of partners of cooperative research with Ehime University

Abstract

We analyzed collaborative research contract information of 2004-2013 financial years, in order to clarify the situation of University-Industry research collaborations and the geographical distribution of the partners in Ehime University.
We obtained following results.
1)In case of partners of large enterprises, the partners that are located in Kanto, Kinki, Tokai, Chugoku and Shikoku area and Ehime Pref. occupy 97%. After 2009FY, the cooperative researches with large enterprises that are located in Kanto, Kinki, and Tokai area are increasing.
2)In case of partners of small and medium-sized enterprises, the partners that are located in Ehime Pref., Kinki, Shikoku and Kanto area occupy 92%. The cooperative researches with small and medium-sized enterprises have a tendency to decrease.
3)Partners of the majority of the cooperative researches with non-companies organization are located in Ehime prefecture.
The tendency of decreasing of cooperative researches between Ehime University and companies in Ehime prefecture is thought a big problem for promoting of the local innovation. It is necessary to clarify and compare the situation of other areas, and to examine measures in future.