Annals of Business Administrative Science
Online ISSN : 1347-4456
Print ISSN : 1347-4464
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Open innovation and the emergence of a new type of university–industry collaboration in Japan
Kenichi Kuwashima
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2018 Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 95-108

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From the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, major institutional reform was undertaken in Japan to promote university–industry collaboration. The term “university–industry collaboration” appeared frequently in the media and became a fad. However, this did not last long, and it peaked in 2003. University–industry collaboration entered the spotlight again after 2010, when “open innovation” (Chesbrough, 2003) became popular in Japan. At that time, a new type of university–industry collaboration emerged. University–industry collaboration in Japan has traditionally taken the form of “small-scale, short-term, individual” contracts. In contrast, this new type of collaboration features “large-scale, long-term, comprehensive” contracts.

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