A Journal of University-Industry-Government Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Table 1 Key attributes of MIT partnerships around the world
Partnership | Change strategy | Economic development focus | Education programs | Funding source | Overall outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
India ( IIT Kanpur) | Building a world-class institution from scratch | Boston and Silicon Valley | Undergraduate and graduate | USAID | World-class institution with high brain drain |
India (BITS) | Building an institution from scratch | Technology for serving local needs by local people | Undergraduate and graduate | Ford Foundation | Influential player in industrialization, no world-class status and no brain drain |
Iran (AMUT) | Building a world-class institution from scratch | World-class technical expertise with national focus | Undergraduate and graduate | Government | Influential player in technological development with world-class status and brain drain |
Portugal (MIT-Portugal Program) | Collaboration between existing institutions | Innovation and entrepreneurship with national identity focus | Graduate | National government and industries | Successful strategy and execution |
UK (Cambridge MIT Initiative) | Collaboration between existing institutions | Innovation and entrepreneurship | Graduate | Shared between the UK government and MIT | Relatively successful, less than anticipated spinouts |
Singapore (Singapore MIT Alliance) | Collaboration between existing institutions | Boston of the east | Graduate | National government | Less successful in creating technopreneurs |
SkolTech (SkolTech MIT Initiative) | Building an institution from scratch and encouraging collaborations with existing institutions | Boston and Silicon Valley (innovation and entrepreneurship) | Graduate | National government | No reported results yet |