Protecting the Public's Trust: A Search for Balance Among Benefits and Conflicts in University Industry Relationships

9319891屠杀随着经济从高度重视国防科技(S公司)转向关注民用S公司并将创新应用于商业市场，大学、企业和政府机构的决策者迫切希望了解如何形成成功的合作伙伴关系，以开发有利于所有参与者并为社会和经济进步做出贡献的技术。自1980年以来，商业与大学合作的数量大幅增加。一些作者已经确定了必须克服的问题和障碍，许多人描述了大学与行业关系的主要特征。然而，很少有研究对影响组织彼此参与的因素进行实证调查，因此，可能的结果是，越来越多的组织拥有相似的观点和利益。鉴于建立更多伙伴关系的趋势，从经验上了解和确定机构和公司之间可能存在的任何强制性因素和规范性行为，特别是与可能发生的冲突有关的因素和行为，将是有益的。该项目调查参与企业和大学产学研合作的科学家和管理人员是否有相似的视角和共同利益，如果是的话，确定对这两套机构以及联邦政府对这些机构的政策的影响。这项研究试图了解影响大学与行业关系的因素，以便为决策者提供对可能解决这一现象的问题和建议的洞察。该研究项目由一个调查工具组成，该工具将建立对大学和行业中与利益、冲突和共同利益相关的认知的经验理解。它将包括卡内基所有主要分类的大学和学院，以及由《商业周刊》(1993)和《商业周刊》(Mangelsdorf)(1992)划定的小型、中型和大型公司。在这些组织中，来自大学行政、学术、行业管理和科学层面的个人将被要求参与。此外，参与合作活动的人以及不参与合作活动的人也将包括在内。该研究侧重于潜在的冲突，并深入了解可能正在发生的潜在组织变革的可能影响，以及在改善潜在冲突的同时寻求互利合作所使用的经验和机制。

9319891 SLAUGHTER As the economy shifts from a heavy emphasis on defense science and technology (S&T) to a focus on civilian S&T and the application of innovation to commercial markets, decision makers within universities, businesses and government agencies are eager to learn how to shape successful partnerships to develop technology that is beneficial to all participants and contributes to social and economic progress. Since 1980, the numbers of business-university partnerships have increased dramatically. Several authors have identified the problems and barriers that must be overcome and many have described the primary characteristics of university-industry relationships. However, few studies have investigated empirically the factors that influence organizations to become involved with each other and, as a possible result, increasingly share similar perspectives and interests. Given that the trend is toward greater numbers of partnerships, it would be useful to understand and identify empirically any compelling factors and normative behaviors that might exist between institutions and corporations, particularly those related to possible conflicts. This project investigates whether scientists and administrators involved in university-industry cooperation in corporations and universities share similar perspective and mutual interests, and, if so, to determine the implications for the two sets of institutions and for federal policy toward these institutions. The study seeks to understand the factors influencing university-industry relationships in order to provide decision makers with insight into issues and recommendations that might address this phenomenon. The research project consists of a survey instrument that will establish an empirical understanding of university and industry perceptions related to benefits, conflicts, and mutual interests. It will include universities and colleges from all the major Carnegie classifications as well as both small, medium, and large companies, delineated by Business Week (1993) and Inc. (Mangelsdorf 1992). Within these organizations, individuals from a variety of university administrative, academic, industry management, and scientific levels will be asked to participate. Also, persons involved in cooperative activities as well as those who are not will be included. The study focuses on potential conflicts and provides insight into possible implications of potential organizational transformations that may be occurring and experiences and mechanisms used to pursue mutually beneficiary cooperation while ameliorating potential conflicts.