ABSTRACT

Based on a longitudinal study of two university-industry research centres, this paper examines how proximity along the dimensions of social and cognitive proximity and mutual commitment enables partners to comply with the research centres’ goals of developing academic publications and innovations. We propose that social and cognitive proximity are equally important for complying with the goals, and we identify how these proximities co-evolve with actors’ activities and interactions over time. Our main contributions are linked to the relationships among these proximities where repeated contact (social proximity) and mutual commitment are found to be key enablers for developing mutual understanding (cognitive proximity) between firms and university partners.

摘要

在对两个大学产业研究中心进行纵向研究的基础上，本文研究了在社会和认知上的亲近度和相互承诺的维度如何使合作伙伴能够遵守研究中心开发学术出版物和创新的目标。我们建议，社交和认知的接近性对于遵守目标同样重要，并且我们确定随着时间的推移，这些邻近性如何与行为者的活动和互动共同发展。我们的主要贡献与这些邻近关系之间的联系相关，在这些邻近关系中，反复接触（社会接近）和共同承诺被发现是企业与大学合作伙伴之间发展相互理解（认知接近）的关键推动力。