University-Industry Transformation and Convergence to Better Collaboration: Case Study in Turkish Food Sector

Abstract

University-industry collaboration has become important topic for the countries since the economy became global and competitive in the world. It is particularly relevant for such developing countries as Turkey which have to considerably improve the competitiveness of their economies and education system. Removal of all barriers to collaboration among industry education and research are important preconditions ensuring to have sustainable education system which need to considerably improve the innovation characteristics. The aim of the paper is having an understanding of the reasons for collaboration between universities and industry. Universities and industry in the new era need to be transformed and adopted to the new changes in the world. © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.