Revisiting Cooperative Research on University-Industry Collaboration

Abstract

This special issue aims to discuss various issues on university-industry (U-I) collaboration in Japan. Utilization of university knowledge on firms' innovation activities has been paid attention since 1980's. Previous researches have indicated that basic university knowledge eventually contributed to economic benefits. In Japan, some indicators of U-I collaboration such as the number of collaborative researches have been increasing, resulting in the expansion of expectation for outcomes from U-I collaboration. Based on these circumstances, the special issue focuses on collaborative researches in Japan, and addresses the issues on practical operations and contracts for collaborative researches, relation among start-ups, and research productivities.