A Transition of the Government Measures Involving Industry-Academia Collaboration Based on the Analysis of the White Papers on Science and Technology

Abstract

This study analyzed the White Papers on Science and Technology, and based on the result, examined the transition of the government measures involving industry-academia collaboration. As a result, it is revealed that the turning point of the activation of industry-academia collaboration was the establishment of the Basic Law on Science and Technology in 1995 and the formulation of the Science and Technology Basic Plan in 1996, the importance of industry-academia collaboration was recognized from the beginning of the publication of the White Papers and the government measures involving it were implemented as science and technology policies from the early stage, and industry-academia collaboration is involved in diversified government measures for science and technolgy and remains important. In the future, it will be necessary to analyze the evaluation and the result of the government measures involving industry-academia collaboration and study what is the factor of success and failure and what the government measures should be.