University-Industry Cooperation, from the Viewpoint of Top-Level Management in Albanian Companies

Ketrina Çabiri Mijo – European University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania

Ermira Qosja – Universitety “Aleksandër Moisiu”, Durrës, Albania

Abstract: Economic development is conditioned upon many actors, where the cooperation of higher education institutions with industry and business plays an important role. Companies are highly interested in the “primary product” of higher education, in the sense of knowledge that benefits stu­dents, the absorption of talents, but also in the product of scientific research, patents, start-ups, etc.

This paper aims to measure the perception of the top-level managers in Al­banian companies regarding the challenges and barriers that appear in university-industry cooperation. Through a qualitative analysis, based on the questionnaire of the KALCEA3 project (Erasmus + CBHE) in a sample of 27 large and medium-sized companies, an attempt has been made to inves­tigate the main factors that increase this cooperation as well as the factors that hinder it. An important role is also paid to the identification of factors that motivate companies and the challenges they will have to face. The find­ings of the paper are of interest to the industry, universities and politicians and focus mainly on the mentality and culture of cooperation.

6th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2022 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (University of Maribor, Slovenia), October 27, 2022

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