| dc.contributor.author | Lundh, Julius | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sigurdsson, Jón | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-09T10:19:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-09T10:19:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-07-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39866 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose
–
The
purpose
of
this
study
was
threefold.
First,
assist
with
the
development
and
definition
of
The(?)Space
concept,
an
innovation
platform
intended
to
bridge
the
gap
between
actors
in
society.
Second,
increase
the
study’s
participants’
understanding
of
university-‐business
cooperation
for
future
cooperative
ventures.
And
third,
contribute
to
research
on
university-‐business
cooperation,
especially
by
adding
students’
perspective
on
cooperation.
Design/methodology/approach
–
This
is
a
case
study
presenting
a
qualitative
analysis
of
university-‐business
cooperation
between
students
from
the
MATIX
graduate
programme
at
Gothenburg
University
and
companies
in
the
society.
Semi-‐structured
interviews
with
the
representatives
from
all
the
actors
involved,
i.e.
MATIX
students,
MATIX
coordinators
and
participating
companies,
were
used
as
the
main
method
of
data
collection.
Findings
–
The
findings
were
analyzed
for
all
actors
in
the
cooperation
from
four
perspectives:
motivations
to
engage,
benefits,
obstacles
and
suggested
changes.
The
results
revealed
that
the
companies’
key
motivation
and
benefit
were
to
get
students’
perspectives
and
ideas
on
firm-‐specific
problems.
The
MATIX
programme’s
key
motivation
and
benefit
were
the
ability
to
offer
its
students
a
chance
to
gain
practical
experience
by
working
with
dynamic
firms.
The
students’
main
benefits
were
to
gain
practical
experience
of
working
with
dynamic
firms
in
the
society.
All
actors
involved
perceived
established
relations
to
be
one
of
the
major
benefits
as
well.
The
main
obstacle
of
the
cooperation
was
lacking
communication
between
all
the
parties
and
the
suggested
key
change
was
to
initiate
and
have
a
continuous
communication
throughout
the
whole
cooperation.
Originality/value
–
This
study
plays
a
role
in
adding
findings
to
a
field
of
study
that
especially
lacks
the
students’
point
of
view.
Furthermore,
since
the
study
was
triadic
in
its
nature
and
investigated
all
the
participants’
perspectives
on
the
cooperation
it
was
possible
to
compare
the
participants’
understanding
of
each
other’s
motivations
and
drivers. | sv |
| dc.language.iso | eng | sv |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Master Degree Project | sv |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2015-44 | sv |
| dc.subject | University-‐business cooperation | sv |
| dc.subject | UBC | sv |
| dc.subject | students | sv |
| dc.subject | case study | sv |
| dc.title | Closing the ( )Space: A case study of University-Business Cooperation | sv |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.setspec.uppsok | SocialBehaviourLaw | |
| dc.type.uppsok | H2 | |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Gothenburg/Graduate School | eng |
| dc.contributor.department | Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School | swe |
| dc.type.degree | Master 2-years | |
