Abstract:

Commercialising of the research product has now become one of the critical issues towards achieving innovative nation and generating wealth creation especially relevant for Malaysia. One of the elements of research products commercialisation is promoting a strong and an effective collaboration between university and industry. They have been a lot of attempts and iniatives in bridging the two worlds, however, the collaboration is not strategically promoted and is still less satisfactory. Thus, this paper aims to review factors for an effective collaboration between university and industry towards commercialising research products. For the purpose of the study, interviews were conducted with six academic researchers who have experienced in collaborating with the industry.