Naslov
What SMEs needs and what Universities can offer? Are we driving in same direction?

Autori
Dabić, Marina ; Bašić, Maja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Fostering Innovation and competitiveness in the EU at national and regional Level / Weresa, Marzena Anna - Varšava : World Economy Research institute, Collegium of the World Economy, Warsaw School f Economics (SGH), 2013, 20-20

Skup
Fostering Innovation and competitiveness in the EU at national and regional Level

Mjesto i datum
Varšava, Poljska, 06.07.2013. - 07.07.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
intellectual property (IP); SMEs; Croatia; survey

Sažetak
In recent years, universities, ministries of higher education, owners of businesses, scientists, and governments have mobilised to increase the importance and knowledge of intellectual property (IP). On other side, and very recently, some of these groups have begun to develop a shared policy under the umbrella of increased collaboration while pursuing for a new knowledge by open innovation approach. This article takes the emergence of the knowledge mobilisation as an opportunity to develop an understanding of needs for catching up appropriate knowledge application in SMEs in the Republic of Croatia. It draws upon the "frame mobilisation" literature, which illuminates the role that acts as interpretation play in instigating, promoting, and legitimating collective action. A frame-analytic perspective proposes that before a group can act, it must develop an account of its interests and theorise how to advance these interests. A questionnaire survey based on a literature review built by Stimulating Learning for Ideas to Market’ (SLIM) project partner was employed to test the given perspective. A total of 152 businesses from the Republic of Croatia completed the survey from 12th till 28th May 2013. Participants have different profiles, act in diverse roles and industrial sectors. Identification of appropriate types of support, education, training and advice was made to recognise what small businesses need and can use to improve their operations. Most intriguing suggestion, perhaps, is that the role knowledge cooperation with universities may play as a breaking point to fully exploit SMEs’ innovative potential. Surprisingly, needs for establishing a classification of diverse IP-management and collaboration-management tools useful in university-enterprise collaborations, within a general context of IP and open innovation has not been recognised. The article closes by suggesting some implications of this point, which should be of interest to Leonardo da Vinci SLIM project partners and stakeholders who design courses in IP and who engage in social mobilisation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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