University – Industry (U-I) interactions in developing countries: Insights from the literature to inform policy makers

ARZA, VALERIA

Cape Town, South Africa

Workshop; Research on Knowledge System (RoKS) Workshop; 2009

HSRC (Human Science Research Council)

There are benefits and risks involved in interactions between public research organisations(PRO) and the productive sector. The better the balance between them the larger the knowledge value of linking. This paper proposes a conceptual framework that associates actors´ motivations for linking and modes of interaction. It suggests that under specific conditions related to knowledge capabilities and behaviour some modes of interactions have better knowledge value and thus should be promoted against others.