- Science should create further implications for business. Scientists should inform the business authorities about the new implications in their own areas.
- Science should construct a medium for educating qualified students in terms of expected qualifications considering the business authorities’ needs.
- Science should create ways to increase the quality of apprenticeship education by developing new teaching methodologies in education.
- Science should support students’ interpersonal skills.
- Science should support students’ practical knowledge.
- Science should develop students’ foreign language skills.
- Still exists on the side of the business class, especially in SME’s, a low perception of the contribution that the research departments of some universities (for example: University of Aveiro, University of Minho, Institute of Leiria - Portugal) can give in developing new solutions on the level of products and also with industrial processes.
- More R&D and innovation from academia.
- New products, new work methodologies, new management tools, knowledge.
- The employers are generally very attentive to innovation aspects (new technologies, new products), such with tradable goods, so with tools to induce better performance of productivity and management.
- Science Should come up not just with theoretical studies, but also with practical value.
- Science should teach skills to students, who have added value as future workers
- Transferability of knowledge developed for practical applications, industrially.
- Research focused on real needs
- Contributions and more sustainable solutions (solution 360).
- The scientific development will always bring more value to business development: New methods, new and better procedures. In terms of technology: new equipment and working tools; new communication tools.
The science also opens doors to new markets but simultaneously with the process of globalization of those markets, competition increases.
The schools need a big reinforcement, mostly on the practical application of theoretical concepts.
- Getting universities closer to businesses (real needs)
- Shortage of cooperation offers: There are no offers of universities (it is not possible to find out who is involved in what), which, according to entrepreneurs, is one of the major barriers for cooperation
- Reduce cost of production thanks to innovative application
- Increase the quality of production
- Increase competitiveness
- Have available new technologies
- Focus more on applied research which gives immediate results
Summary: the expectations of entrepreneurs are those of innovative products, new technologies, in other words of new knowledge with practical application and above all “transferable”. At the same time there is a lack of confidence in the ability of the academic world and that of Research to respond to the actual needs of innovation and competitiveness of enterprises because of several reasons (see other topics on this forum). One aspect that it is possible to point out in this section is “who is involved in what?”, one of the major barrier in the cooperation.
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