Abstract
Industry-Academia networks that contribute to the innovation have been paid attention, however, the process through which their contribution occurs is not sufficiently investigated. In this article, we focus on the intermediary which may catalyze the interaction between Industry-Academia. We thus proceed to a case-study on Steinbeis, institution specialized in technology transfer from academia to industry.
We showed that through the "dialogue" between industry and academia induced by the coordinator playing the role of intermediary, a "learning place" contributing to identify and solve problems is formed. We thus showed that interactions in this "learning place" constitute social capital, and that the latter contributes to fulfill the gap between industry and academia.
