Synergising academia and industry : the impact of human capital on innovation

Temel, Serdal (avtor), Chipulu, Max (avtor), Howells, Jeremy (avtor), Dabić, Marina (avtor)

Purpose – This study examines how two collaboration channels – education and training and research and development (R&D) – within university–business collaboration (UBC) are associated with firms’ innovation, commercialisation, talent access and efficiency outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – Using a nationwide survey of 4,188 academics and multilevel logit models (GLMM), we estimate the odds of four firm-level outcomes and report odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals to assess the magnitude and significance of UBC effects. Findings – Collaborative R&D initiatives significantly enhance the commercialisation of academic inventions and the efficiency of business operations. Engagements in education- and training-oriented UBC are positively associated with product and process innovation and firms’ access to student talent, underscoring the human– capital dimension of collaboration. The results highlight the complementary roles of R&D and education-based collaboration in fostering innovation and organisational performance, while indicating that some structural and relational barriers continue to constrain UBC effectiveness. Research limitations/implications – Outcomes are reported by academics and anchored in documented project outputs; hence, the industry-level effects are assessed from the perspective and perceptions of the academic respondents rather than from direct firm data. We therefore acknowledge the single-source nature of the dataset and discuss potential implications for interpretation and generalisability. Originality/value – This paper provides one of the first large-scale analyses of individual-level human capital in UBC within the Turkish context, distinguishing between education and training and R&D channels and linking them to specific firm-level outcomes through a multilevel modelling approach.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: business schools, enterprises, knowledge transfer, innovations, labour efficiency, Turkey, university–business collaboration, innovation, human capital development
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 350-374
• Številčenje: Vol. 29, iss. 11
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-184002
• UDK: 658
• ISSN pri članku: 1460-1060
• DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-08-2025-1025
• COBISS.SI-ID: 278130947
• Datum objave v RUL: 23.06.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: European journal of innovation management
• Založnik: Emerald
• ISSN: 1460-1060
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4004636

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: poslovne šole, podjetje, prenos znanja, inovacije, delovna uspešnost, Turčija

Projekti

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Številka projekta: NAF2R\170006
• Naslov: NAF2R\170006

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0441
• Naslov: Regeneracija ekonomije in posla