University-Industry Partnerships in MIT, Cambridge, and Tokyo - Storytelling Across Boundaries

List of contents

Acknowledgements Prologue Part I: Introduction 1.The Problem Part II: The Contexts 2. National contexts 3. Organizational contexts Part III: The Three Cases 4. The MIT way 5. The Cambridge Phenomenon 6. The Tokyo Story Part IV: Findings and Conclusions 7. Summarizing the nature of change 8. Shaping change: external and internal boundaries 9. Dynamics of change: the role of dialectics and storytelling 10. Conclusions Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: Social construction of a dissertation References Notes

About the author

Sachi Hatakenaka

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the nature of change taking place in university-industry partnerships, to understand the underlying factors that influence that change, and to explore the underlying process of change.

Product details

• Authors: Sachi Hatakenaka, Hatakenaka Sachi
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415947039
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94703-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Weight: 690 g
• Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Education, Business & Economics / General, Economics, Business and Management, EDUCATION / Finance, Business & management, Higher education, tertiary education, Organizational theory and behaviour, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher