University – Industry Collaborations: Asian Experience

Literature on the relationships and collaborations between universities, government aided research institutions and industrial enterprises is very rich. However, most of the studies deal with the European and the US experience. Universities in these countries have a history of collaboration with industrial ventures and several high tech industrial clusters have developed around the universities. In recent years, universities from Asian countries have also started developing links with industrial firms and in-house R&D units. In addition, they have also been collaborating with other universities and government aided research institutions. This paper will concentrate on discussing some of the Asian research studies published in professional journals