Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach

This research has examined the various critical success factors that contribute to successful university-industry collaborations (UICs) in Malaysia. Based on the literature review, the tentative suggested success factors include mutual trust, rewards and benefits, communication, commitment and leade...

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Main Author:	Yee, Seow Voon
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	2010
Subjects:	LC Special aspects of education
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2436/1/Yee_Seow_Voon.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.24362013-07-24T12:16:00Z Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach 2010-09 Yee, Seow Voon Abas, Zakaria College of Business (COB) College of Business LC Special aspects of education This research has examined the various critical success factors that contribute to successful university-industry collaborations (UICs) in Malaysia. Based on the literature review, the tentative suggested success factors include mutual trust, rewards and benefits, communication, commitment and leadership of top management, performance measurement system, characteristics of individual collaborator, governmental support, and intellectual property. Through adopting nested, mixed research strategy with the application of "dyadic" approach, participants from university and industry have been interviewed and surveyed. This research has discovered that there are similarities and differences between the success factors that encouraged successful collaborations between university and industry counterparts. From the eight critical success factors analysed, rewards and benefits, mutual trust, and communication are ranked the highest by university and industry respondents. Research findings delineate the importance of personal satisfaction/recognition in motivating the involvement of individuals in UIC especially in situations of not being part of promotional requirements for academic. Successful UICs are fundamentally driven by individuals rather than organisations or institutions. Governmental support and funding are inevitable in stimulating CIIC and nurturing the research culture in a developing country. All success factors need to be converged to maintain a successful collaborative relationship. Hence, the main contributions of this research are: (i) contribution to policy-making strategies in Malaysia; (ii) contribution to the body of knowledge in investigating the success factors critical in successful relationship between profit-oriented organisations and non-profit knowledge-based institutions in Malaysia; and (iii) contribution to the development of "One-plus-one Equals One" relational concept in collaborative relationships. 2010-09 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2436/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2436/1/Yee_Seow_Voon.pdf application/pdf eng validuser http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000763464 Ph.D. doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Abas, Zakaria
topic	LC Special aspects of education
spellingShingle	LC Special aspects of education Yee, Seow Voon Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach
description	This research has examined the various critical success factors that contribute to successful university-industry collaborations (UICs) in Malaysia. Based on the literature review, the tentative suggested success factors include mutual trust, rewards and benefits, communication, commitment and leadership of top management, performance measurement system, characteristics of individual collaborator, governmental support, and intellectual property. Through adopting nested, mixed research strategy with the application of "dyadic" approach, participants from university and industry have been interviewed and surveyed. This research has discovered that there are similarities and differences between the success factors that encouraged successful collaborations between university and industry counterparts. From the eight critical success factors analysed, rewards and benefits, mutual trust, and communication are ranked the highest by university and industry respondents. Research findings delineate the importance of personal satisfaction/recognition in motivating the involvement of individuals in UIC especially in situations of not being part of promotional requirements for academic. Successful UICs are fundamentally driven by individuals rather than organisations or institutions. Governmental support and funding are inevitable in stimulating CIIC and nurturing the research culture in a developing country. All success factors need to be converged to maintain a successful collaborative relationship. Hence, the main contributions of this research are: (i) contribution to policy-making strategies in Malaysia; (ii) contribution to the body of knowledge in investigating the success factors critical in successful relationship between profit-oriented organisations and non-profit knowledge-based institutions in Malaysia; and (iii) contribution to the development of "One-plus-one Equals One" relational concept in collaborative relationships.
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author	Yee, Seow Voon
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title	Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach
title_short	Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach
title_full	Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach
title_fullStr	Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach
title_full_unstemmed	Critical Success Factors of Strategic University-Industry Collaborations in Malaysia: A Dyadic Approach
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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