¹Business School, Faculty of Economics & Business University of Chile
Santiago, Chile &
Department of Business Administration Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences University of Seville
Seville, Spain
²Business School, Faculty of Economics & Business University of Chile
Santiago, Chile
³Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
University of Seville
Seville, Spain
Title
Examining the Business-University Relationship in R&D Projects in Chile: An Analysis of the Role of Communication
Synopsis
The present study attempts to investigate the motivations behind decision makers of Chilean companies and the relationship they have with Chilean universities, in the context of collaboration in Research and Development (R&D) projects.
The creation of university-industry (U-I) relationships can be very beneficial as it impacts research, the training of better professionals, and society in general through the reduction of the gaps between scientific and business communities (Lantos, 1994). Despite all the positives, academic research on university-business relationships is not abundant, and even the concept of this relationship has not been sufficiently discussed (Plewa & Quester, 2007). For this reason, Plewa and Quester later defined U-I relationships as “trusting, committed and interactive relationships between the university and industrial entities that enable the diffusion of creativity, ideas, skills and people with the goal of creating mutual value over time” (Plewa & Quester, 2008)