Education, research and practice between higher education institution and business entityResearch and Development Agreement • February 4th, 2015
Contract Type FiledFebruary 4th, 2015Integration between academy and business may produce mutual benefits, and improves a country’s competitiveness. This paper, relating education-research concepts and business practices, has studied - grounded on Regional Strategic Plans and the 2011-2020 Graduate Courses National Plan guidelines – the scientific knowledge integration process existing between business companies and one higher education institution located in the Greater ABC Paulista region. An analysis of this relationship has pinpointed the major barriers to optimizing such partnership, such as access to resources, low credibility of the University- Corporation relationship, the acknowledgment of regional constraints, and the mismatch between academic thought and the actual corporate life.