I recently gave a talk at the Technical University of Denmark. Many of the attendees were university people and at one point we got into a discussion on the role of universities and their tech transfer units in the context of open innovation and innovation ecosystems.
As usual, I was quite frank and I said that universities are at risk of becoming less relevant in the future of innovation. Let me explain why I think so.
In the circles of open innovation, there is quite some focus on becoming the preferred partner of choice within a given ecosystem. Big companies fight each other to gain this position, but universities need to play this game as well as any ecosystem will have their mix of big companies, small companies, startups – and universities.
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