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Sourced reads on R&D partnerships, university-industry collaboration, and the operating mechanics of bringing research to market.
IP and contract negotiation: the most-cited breakdown in research partnerships
When we surveyed R1 faculty about their industry collaborations, one finding required no statistical subtlety to read. Asked about challenges across the collaboration lifecycle, respondents cited intellectual property disputes and contract negotiation breakdowns more than anything else. The answer matched what the fiel
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How to evaluate a research partner: fit beats prestige
Ask any research group how they found their most recent project partner and you'll usually hear a story about a person, not a process. A faculty member knew someone from a conference. An alumnus made an introduction. A company emailed the one professor whose paper they'd read. Our primary research found exactly this p
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Why most university-industry R&D partnerships fail from infrastructure, not science
I have spent 18 years across the R&D-to-commercialization lifecycle, in more roles than most: chemical engineer, principal investigator, business developer, contract negotiator, and portfolio manager for tens of millions of dollars in R&D investment bridging universities, corporations and startups, national labs, and g
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