3. Phillip Allen
MGSM Partnership Institute Manager
Prior Experience
Research Manager Think Tank ABF
Technology Analyst IDC
Education
PhD Australian Graduate School of Management
Thesis – IT Management and Innovation
Masters eCommerce - Deakin University
Economics Degree - University of Newcastle
6. Long-Term Growth and Prosperity
Australian Productivity 1964-2005
Productivity isn't
everything, but in
the long run it is
almost everything
Paul Krugman
7. Doing better things
Innovation
Management Productivity
Efficiency
Doing things better
8. Better Management and Productivity
There is a strong
positive relationship
between good
management practices
and firm productivity.
Four thousand firms across sixteen countries
11. Four Vital Roles in the Knowledge Economy
Educa&ng
People
Increasing
the
stock
of
•
Training
skilled
undergraduates,
‘codified'
useful
knowledge
graduates
&
postdocs
•
Publica6ons
•
Patents
•
Prototypes
Providing
public
space
Problem-‐solving
•
Forming/accessing
networks
and
•
Contract
research
s6mula6ng
social
interac6on
•
Coopera6ve
research
with
industry
•
Mee6ngs
and
conferences
•
Technology
licensing
•
Hos6ng
standard-‐se@ng
forums
•
Faculty
consul6ng
•
Entrepreneurship
centers
•
Providing
access
to
specialised
•
Alumni
networks
instrumenta6on
and
equipment
•
Personnel
exchanges
(Internships,
•
Incuba6on
services
faculty
exchanges)
•
Visi6ng
commiIees
•
Curriculum
development
commiIees
12. What Businesses Want
Informal contacts
Recruitment at first degree or Masters level
Internships
Conferences
Publications
Problem-solving/consulting by university staff
Joint R&D projects
Testing and standards
Recruitment at post doctoral level
Innovation-related expenditure spent on uni
Global Average
Exclusive licensing of university held patents
Non-exclusive licensing of university held patents
0 10 20 30 40 50
13. What Australian Businesses Want
Informal contacts
Recruitment at first degree or Masters level
Internships
Conferences
Joint R&D projects
Problem-solving/consulting by university staff
Publications
Innovation-related expenditure spent on uni
Testing and standards
US/UK
average
Recruitment at post doctoral level
Non-exclusive licensing of university held Australia
patents
Exclusive licensing of university held patents
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
20. Recognising the Differences
University Motivation Business Motivation
1. Financial Support 1. Access expertise
2. Practical side of research 2. Innovation and competitive advantage
3. Fulfil service mission 3. Students as potential employees
4. Identify relevant problems 4. University ‘objectivity’
5. Broaden student and faculty experience 5. Branding, recognition and PR
6. Employment opportunities for students 6. To expand external contacts
7. Enhance regional economic 7. To ‘give back’ to the university
development
Money, Relevance and Mission Ideas, Connections and Skills
University-Industry Research Partnerships: Motivations for Collaboration (Scricca : 2006)
21. University-Business Interaction
Key Challenge: Raising the interest and breaking
down the difficulty of interacting with universities.
The Lambert Review
The main challenge for the UK is not about how to
increase the supply of commercial ideas from the
universities into business. Instead, the question is
about how to raise the overall level of demand.
NESTA
In some cases, this lack of demand may be because
there are no benefits to be gained from collaboration.
However, it is mostly because the process of
interacting with the university is unnecessarily
difficult or the benefits are not well understood.
22. The Partnership Institute
Linkage mechanism to bring MGSM
and business together
Next steps
Produce roadmap for active partnership
with a variety of organisations
Financial model for funding and support
Timetable for implementation
25. However . . .
Economic Contribution of MGSM
Especially important to local region because of stability
Source of employment and local demand
Produce skilled workforces and transfer knowledge
through graduates
Part of innovation ecosystem as knowledge source
Anchor for clusters of businesses and network builder
Create an industry identity