Interactions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. With a focus on developing countries, this book presents novel comparative research spanning three continents.

Contents: Preface Richard R. Nelson Introduction Glenda Kruss, Keun Lee, Wilson Suzigan and Eduardo Albuquerque PART I: INTERACTIONS ACROSS REGIONS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT 1. Bracing for Change: Making Universities and Firms Partners for Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa Glenda Kruss, John O. Adeoti, and Dani Nabudere 2. Are University–Industry Links Meaningful for Catch-Up? A Comparative Analysis of Five Asian Countries Daniel Schiller and Keun Lee 3. Features of Interactions between Public Research Organizations and Industry in Latin America: The Perspective of Researchers and Firms Gabriela Dutrénit and Valeria Arza 4. China’s University–Industry Links in Transition Jong-Hak Eun, Yi Wang and Guisheng Wu PART II: DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS: MATCHES AND MISMATCHES OVER TIME 5. Relevance of University–Industry Links for Firms from Developing Countries: Exploring Different Surveys Marcelo Pinho and Ana Cristina Fernandes 6. Channels and Benefits of Interactions between Public Research Organizations and Industry: Comparing Country Cases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America Valeria Arza, Claudia De Fuentes, Gabriela Dutrénit and Claudia Vazquez 7. Matrices of University–Firm Interactions in Latin America Eduardo Albuquerque, Wilson Suzigan, Valeria Arza and Gabriela Dutrénit PART III: TOWARD A FRAMEWORK OF GLOBAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND FIRMS 8. Global Interactions between Firms and Universities: A Tentative Typology and an Empirical Investigation Leonardo Ribeiro, Gustavo Britto, Glenda Kruss, and Eduardo Albuquerque Postscript Researching University–Industry Links: Where Do We Go from Here? David O’Brien and Isabel Bortagaray References Index

‘This book reports a study on the patterns of interactions between universities, public laboratories, and business firms in the context of immature National Systems of Innovation. This is done in a comprehensive fashion, through the analysis of twelve countries in different stages of the catching up process in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. . . . a major contribution of this book is making a case that research on developing countries should go beyond the study of linkages between academia and industry, casting a wider net toward other actors in society.’