scholarly journals Open innovation from the university to local enterprises: conditions, complexities, and challenges

Telos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 692-709
Author(s):  
Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón ◽  
Rafael Palacios-Bustamante
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
American University ◽  
The University ◽  
Innovation Policies

The paper aimed to analyze the open innovation model from the Latin-American public university and the main factors that influence it. The interaction between the university with its ecosystem, its innovation and technology management, the profile of the academic community, and innovation policies were studied. The research methodology had a qualitative approach. And the process was integrated into three phases to identify the categories of open innovation, categorized the interaction between the university with the innovation ecosystem in four Mexican public universities, and triangulate the Latin-American behavior through semi-structured interviews to six academics. The main findings showed that open innovation is a feasible platform to link the Latin-American University with local enterprises despite the peculiar heterogeneous and unequal context of the ecosystem; furthermore, four collaborative flows between the university and the ecosystem were identified –inside, outside, mixed and hybrid-. In conclusion, the interdisciplinary approach, the techno-institutional networks, and the institutional policy influence open innovation from the university to the ecosystem, where the academic community is a mediator variable. Finally, it is highlighted that new re-institutionalization of innovation policies based on digital transformation and environmental sustainability are required; thus, Latin-American Schools of Innovation Taught are needed to encourage them.

scholarly journals The implementation of ICTs in the English language classroom in a Latin American university

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Rosario Ruiz-Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
English Language ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
American University ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Key Participants ◽  
The University ◽  
Qualitative Part

This investigation was carried out in Mexico in the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) with the purpose of exploring and analyzing to what extent the English teaching practices at the tertiary level involve the use of ICTs. Through and electronic survey, the opinions of 50 teachers of English at the UAEH were analyzed. The results showed that ICTs play an essential role in language teaching and they also have a significant field presence. However, despite their importance, ICTs are not being fully incorporated in the university and we are still not getting the most of it. The methodology for the initial phase of the project was a questionnaire. The qualitative part included a case study method that explore specific cases. For this stage, semi-structured interviews were carried out with key participants chosen from the information gathered in the questionnaires. The third source of data includes the analysis of the documents that make up the legal framework in reference to the implementation of ICTs in the teaching of a foreign language.

scholarly journals The contribution of the teaching-service integration to the implementation of the health surveillance model: educators' perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Guisardi Pereira ◽  
Lislaine Aparecida Fracolli
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Model Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Task ◽  
Surveillance Model ◽  
Is Integration ◽  
The University

This descriptive-qualitative research aimed to describe how educators perceive the integration between teaching and health services in São Paulo, SP, Brazil and the contribution of this partnership to the implementation of the Health Surveillance (HS) model. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed according to the Collective Subject Discourse technique. Results revealed that there is integration between teaching and service, mainly at the initiative of the academy. The university hires health professionals practicing in health services, who have a teaching profile, and includes them in the internship program. The contribution of the academic community to the implementation of HS in the region is incipient and restricted to isolated actions, mainly because educators do not consider it an academic task. We conclude that a political-pedagogical project is needed, so that professionals involved in teaching and service get aligned with a view to transforming health practices and models.

Latin America's Need for Regional Research Centers

1967 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Felipe Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Regional Research ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
American University ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The University ◽  
Powerful Incentive

The degree conferred upon me by the University of America with the concurrence of the 24 universities of the Republic of Colombia is a powerful incentive to the work of the Inter-American Development Bank in the field of higher education and research in Latin America. You will forgive me, then, if I take this occasion to mention the role of the Inter-American Bank as the “Bank of the Latin American University,” a role which has placed it in the vanguard of an impressive process of international cooperation for the modernization and decisive expansion of higher education in the Hemisphere. The $55 million it has loaned to 71 institutions in 17 countries bear eloquent testimony to an abiding preoccupation of the Bank in its brief years of existence.

University-industry knowledge exchange

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila Striukova ◽  
Thierry Rayna
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Vice Chancellors ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of what Open Innovation means within university context. Focus is also put on the role universities believe they should play in Open Innovation, as well as the changes that might have arisen as a consequence of universities’ greater awareness of this concept. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology used is an exploratory study based on in-depth semi-structured interviews of Pro-Vice-Chancellors (or equivalent level) of a variety of British universities. The study was designed around five main research themes: discourse, change, strategy, management, Open Innovation success. Findings – In addition to the traditional teaching, research and knowledge transfer roles of university, this study has uncovered a new role of universities: trusted intermediary (or “Open Innovation Hub”). Another key finding of this study is that it highlights the diversity that prevails in the UK with regard to Open Innovation. Research limitations/implications – The number of the interviews conducted for this study is probably not large enough to allow a solid generalisation. Data saturation, however, was achieved in this study. The insight provided by this study is particularly significant as interviewees were amongst the highest-ranking executives in their respective universities. Hence the views reported in this study are what “drives” Open Innovation policies in the universities that participated in this study. Practical implications – This new role of a trusted intermediary played by universities is very likely to change the existing Open Innovation landscape and re-shape policies. Social implications – The changing role of universities within Open Innovation context may potentially change the respective role of other stakeholders in the Open Innovation ecosystem. Originality/value – This is the first study aimed at investigating how British universities understand Open Innovation and what opportunities and challenges they associate with this process.

scholarly journals Participation, inclusion, and success in emergency remote online teaching and learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
Sandra Healy
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
The University ◽  
Interactional Patterns

Covid-19 affected educational institutions worldwide, and many moved online engaging in Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning (ERTL). It had a particular impact in Japan due to the low levels of computer usage in Japanese educational institutions and a reliance on traditional methods. This study uses semi-structured interviews with five participants to explore their perceptions of the move to online learning in a Japanese university context. Four factors emerged as significant: participants’ experiences prior to entering university; the importance of Social Networking Systems (SNS) in the process of becoming part of the university academic community; changes in spoken interactional patterns; and changes in learning patterns. It was found that the disruption due to ERTL led to fresh ways to learn and promoted an inclusive environment.

scholarly journals Ecosystem of Innovation in Industry 4.0: the case of collaborations in Startups in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Marcus Vinicius Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
Clarissa Figueredo Rocha ◽  
Vanessa Pagnoncelli ◽  
Letícia Aparecida Alves de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Case

The article identifies how Research and Development (R&D) collaborations in startups can influence digital innovation in Brazilian manufactures. A qualitative multiple case study was performed with startups incubated at the Federation of Industries of Paraná (FIEP), through semi-structured interviews to the Chief Executive Officer (CEOs) and case document’s, applying the content analysis. The results indicate that the sources of knowledge of the startups and the collaboration with companies, universities, government development agencies and incubators, characterize the actions in the ecosystem of open innovation. It has been found that the complexity of the innovation ecosystem of startups is a strategic asset, and the nature of the collaborations is informal, coupled with a stage of maturity considered low in startups. This study contributes to highlight the nature, dynamics and progress of startup collaborations in the development of digital transformation, and the challenges for the leverage of Industry 4.0 in Brazil.

Education for the Digital Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 506-521
Author(s):  
Valentina Chkoniya ◽  
Fernando Cruz Gonçalves ◽  
Maria Manuela Martins Batista
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Single Process ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Living Labs

Education holds the power to transform and enrich the lives of people. In the era of the digital industry, where data is omnipresent in every walk of life and new trends impact society and future jobs, humans continue to evolve through education and developing mechanisms to improve education with data science in the heart of it. This chapter demonstrates that experience-based expertise and open innovation must be understood as a single process, where living labs that involve academies and enterprises create unique conditions for society's progress. There is a trinomial relationship between academy, society, and industries, which are interestingly far more exploited than the education and research. Effective management of the knowledge and information transferred between open innovation ecosystem partners is crucial. The scientific development of both concepts is an active field in the academic community, and new ideas appear, opening new paths of knowledge transfer methods with knowledge from data.

scholarly journals Is There a Latin American University Model?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Normative Influence ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
Idea Of The University

Postindependence Latin American universities developed during the 19th and most of the 20th century largely under the normative influence of a Latin American idea of the university institution. In the last few decades, factors both related to the development of higher education and external to it have combined to challenge the clout of that model. As a result, notwithstanding the persistence of elements of the old paradigm, the model of the Latin American university is now related chiefly to US research universities.

Students and the Political System of the University of Buenos Aires

1966 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Newton
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Political System ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Student Group ◽  
American University ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
National University ◽  
The University

The National University of Buenos Aires, the largest and for many years the most prestigious in Latin America, is today more commonly taken as the archetype of the political Latin American university—and the connotations of “political” are wholly pejorative. This notoriety may be due in part, as Kalman Silvert suggests, to the high visibility of the University, especially to touring North American newsmen. Nevertheless, as its numerous critics allege, there seems to be abundant evidence to link politics to the manifest disarray of the educational process: in the well-publicized brawls among contending student factions and confrontations between demonstrators and the police, student strikes in opposition to procedural reforms desirable on grounds of efficiency, the reputed “terrorization” of heterodox professors, several student homicides in recent years, the distressingly high incidence of abandonos (for it is assumed, erroneously, that many withdrawals from the University are motivated by disgust with its politics); student political behavior as in the abusive reception tendered W. W. Rostow by a student group in Economic Sciences in February 1965, may have international repercussions. Such depressing phenomena have led even temperate and knowledgeable observers to speak of the “failure” of the University, and to call for a thoroughgoing structural overhaul, conducive, among other things, to depoliticization.

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