2nd webinar of EU-China Innovation series [October, 18]

“My lecture is based on a recent article of the same title that I have recently published in Technovation. In light of the shifting balance of challenges and opportunities presented by China to the EU, I propose a new model of EU-China cooperation in science, technology and innovation. The model requires bridging and hidden links between EU-China university collaboration and EU-China industry collaboration. Although the interviews on which my research is based were conducted during 2017-2018 before dramatic changes in EU-China relations took place, I used the best practices discovered from my empirical investigations to forecast a pragmatic and sustainable model of EU-China innovation cooperation. When developing the model, for instance, EU-China university collaboration could contribute to EU-China industry collaboration and, therefore, to the development of EU-China transnational university-industry co-innovation networks by: 1) Matching suitable industrial partners, 2) Building trust between them, 3) Giving industrial actors access to new resources, (4) enhancing the reputations of international companies in their cooperation countries, and (5) creating innovative business collaboration models.”

Recommended Readings:

Cai, Y. (2022). Towards a new model of EU-China innovation cooperation: Bridging missing links between international university collaboration and international industry collaboration. Technovation. doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102553