University-Industry Partnerships in MIT, Cambridge, and Tokyo: Storytelling Across Boundaries

by Sachi Hatakenaka

Overview

The purpose of this study is to identify the nature of change taking place in university-industry partnerships, to understand the underlying factors that influence that change, and to explore the underlying process of change. Three in-depth case studies are considered, that of MIT, Cambridge University, and Tokyo University, to compare their experiences in developing new types of university-industry relationships. Hatakenaka argues that internal and external organizational boundaries have influenced the evolution of the new types of relationships, and that the three universities have defined these boundaries differently.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138993952
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/04/2016
Series:	RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Prologue Part I: Introduction 1.The Problem Part II: The Contexts 2. National contexts 3. Organizational contexts Part III: The Three Cases 4. The MIT way 5. The Cambridge Phenomenon 6. The Tokyo Story Part IV: Findings and Conclusions 7. Summarizing the nature of change 8. Shaping change: external and internal boundaries 9. Dynamics of change: the role of dialectics and storytelling 10. Conclusions Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: Social construction of a dissertation References Notes