University-industry partnerships in MIT, Cambridge, and Tokyo : storytelling across boundaries / Sachi Hatakenaka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatakenaka, Sachi.

Series:

Studies in higher education, dissertation series

Studies in higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tōkyō Daigaku.

University of Cambridge.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Business and education--Cross-cultural studies.

Business and education.

Administration.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges--Administration--Cross-cultural studies.

Universities and colleges.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Administration.

University of Cambridge--Administration.

Tōkyō Daigaku--Administration.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.

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. Three in-depth case studies are considered, that of MIT, Cambridge University, and Tokyo University, to compare their experiences in developing new types of university-industry relationships. Hatakenaka argues that internal and external organizational boundaries have influenced the evolution of the new types of relationships, and that the three universities have defined these boundaries differently.

Contents:

The problem

National contexts

Organizational contexts

The MIT way

The Cambridge phenomenon

The Tokyo story

Summarizing the nature of change

Shaping change: external and internal boundaries

Dynamics of change: the role of dialectics and storytelling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.

ISBN:

0415947030

OCLC:

52271696