How innovation intermediaries between university and business promote students' start-up in Beijing: policy and practice
Long, Wanqiu (2014)
2014
MDP in Research and Innovation in Higher Education
Johtamiskorkeakoulu - School of Management
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2014-07-31
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201408282090
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201408282090
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China is under the transformation from manufacturing-oriented to innovation-oriented country. Reforms in national and regional innovation call for effective solutions. The massification in higher education sector leads to employment pressure in labor market. Thus, government encourages students entrepreneurial activities. In order to solve the problem of mismatching between university education and entrepreneurial skills, this study explores one type of innovation intermediaries Zhongguancun University Graduates Innovation Entrepreneurship Employment Promotion Association (Z-park for Graduates) promote students entrepreneurship, especially start-ups with jointly efforts from university and business in Beijing, China. It is to discuss under the context of open innovation environment. The merits of closed innovation and open innovation are discussed as well as the driving force of the shifting from closed innovation to open innovation. University and business, as two of the main open innovation actors are discussed of the motivation and barriers.
Following the demands of facilitation to reduce barrier in university-business cooperation, innovation intermediaries (IIMs) is introduced. For the purpose of identifying the contribution of Z-park for Graduates in promoting entrepreneurship in college students, the typology and function of innovation intermediaries are discussed to locate Z-park for Graduate. The literature review is done to discuss different approaches to categorize innovation intermediaries.
The typology of innovation intermediaries between university and business is categorized as university-oriented IIMs, open innovation joint efforts, and business-oriented IIMs. In this way, it is intend to look at the effort devoted by university and business respectively and jointly to bridge university-business cooperation, to offer facilitation for students entrepreneurs, to nurture entrepreneurial awareness in college students.
The function of innovation intermediaries as learning infrastructure is discussed from the angle of knowledge transformation. Scharmer s framework is adopted, to explain the role of innovation intermediaries in the knowledge transformation process. There are three types of learning infrastructure to assist three types of knowledge transformation. The function of Z-park for Graduates is identified as facilitation of knowledge transformation across sectors.
Following the demands of facilitation to reduce barrier in university-business cooperation, innovation intermediaries (IIMs) is introduced. For the purpose of identifying the contribution of Z-park for Graduates in promoting entrepreneurship in college students, the typology and function of innovation intermediaries are discussed to locate Z-park for Graduate. The literature review is done to discuss different approaches to categorize innovation intermediaries.
The typology of innovation intermediaries between university and business is categorized as university-oriented IIMs, open innovation joint efforts, and business-oriented IIMs. In this way, it is intend to look at the effort devoted by university and business respectively and jointly to bridge university-business cooperation, to offer facilitation for students entrepreneurs, to nurture entrepreneurial awareness in college students.
The function of innovation intermediaries as learning infrastructure is discussed from the angle of knowledge transformation. Scharmer s framework is adopted, to explain the role of innovation intermediaries in the knowledge transformation process. There are three types of learning infrastructure to assist three types of knowledge transformation. The function of Z-park for Graduates is identified as facilitation of knowledge transformation across sectors.