University-Industry Collaborations in Academic Websites:

A Case Study of Seven National Universities

Abstract

Collaborations in scientific research between universities and industries have been studied mainly based on coauthorship of academic publications, citations of patents, or related statistics. The authors intend to analyze and measure the relations of universities with industries through the information on universities' web pages. In this study, we carried out case studies of seven major national universities to show the nature of information on the university-industry collaborations released on universities' websites in Japan.