University-Business Partnerships

Norman E. Bowie is Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Corporate Responsibility, Strategic Management, and Organization at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

• Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 A History of the Development of University-Business Partnerships, 1920-1980 Chapter 3 Government Assistance for University-Business Partnerships Chapter 4 The Role of Private Business in the Development of University-Business Partnerships Chapter 5 The Government University-Industry Roundtable Chapter 6 International Comparisons Part 7 The Evaluation of University-Business Partnerships: Advantages of University-Business Partnerships Chapter 8 Problems: Publication Delay, Secrecy, and the Withholding of Products Chapter 9 Economic Risks Chapter 10 Conflict of Interest Problems Chapter 11 The Clash Between Academic Values and Business Values Chapter 12 Issues of Distributive Justice Part 13 Concluding Thoughts on University-Business Partnerships Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter 15 Readings: Contending Evaluations Chapter 16 Historical Documents Chapter 17 Conflict of Interest

An excellent introduction to the issues-political, legal, social, and ethical-associated with this important phenomenon in contemporary academic life... The book is quite even-handed... An excellent study, clearly useful as a textbook or textbook supplement. -- Paul T. Durbin, University of Delaware The book is a well-researched and balanced approach to evaluating the university-industry relationships that have arisen over the last two decades. The inclusion of a number of the critical primary source materials provides the reader with important resources for evaluating Bowie's interpretations. -- Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis After tracing the evolution of the partnership and the growing role of federal and state government as promoters, Bowie provides a comprehensive overview of the problems with such arrangements that should be of concern to academics regardless of field. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy Bowie's University-Business Partnerships is valuable... Bowie's essay carefully assesses the benefits and risks for universities of partnerships with business. Additionally, the essay contains considerable anecdotal detail illustrating risks gone wrong. -- Deborah A. DeMott, ACADEME