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Universities–Industry Links and Regional Development in Japan

Connecting Excellence and Relevance?

Dr Fumi Kitagawa is a faculty member at CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy), Lund University. P.O. Box 117, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden. E-mail:Fumi.Kitagawa{at}circle.lu.se

The development of a new research system in Japan throughout the 1990s is seemingly leading to the emergence of new relationships and systems of innovation, in which new university-industry links have been sought as a means to stimulate regional economic growth. This article examines the changing roles of universities against the current policy and institutional landscapes in Japan, given the recent university reforms, the concentration of resources to ‘elite’ institutions, and the ‘regionalisation’ of science and innovation policies. The variety of forms of university-industry linkages and spatial relationships that universities are developing are illustrated, and organisational challenges in order to connect excellence and relevance at the institutional level are identified

Science Technology & Society, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1-33 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/097172180801400101


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