20.500.12556/RUL-184002 Synergising academia and industry the impact of human capital on innovation 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. business schools enterprises knowledge transfer innovations labour efficiency Turkey university–business collaboration innovation human capital development poslovne šole podjetje prenos znanja inovacije delovna uspešnost Turčija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-06-23 19:07:57 2026-06-23 19:10:34 2026-06-24 04:17:23 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 350-374 iss. 11 Vol. 29 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 658 1460-1060 10.1108/EJIM-08-2025-1025 278130947 ejim-08-2025-1025en.pdf ejim-08-2025-1025en.pdf 1 593A8BCD8D0E517A14CB81B3B281D421 1f2acca737be52bcd54f0928324d75101ee56a7a027e8b17e7f88063effad3fb 46158cbb-6f26-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=236424 https://www.emerald.com/ejim/article/29/11/350/1365276/Synergising-academia-and-industry-the-impact-of 0 497a7065-6f26-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=236425 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0