Establishing a nexus for effective university-industry collaborations in the MENA region: A multi-country comparative study

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dc.contributor.authorYasin, Naveed
dc.contributor.authorGilani, Sayed Abdul Majid
dc.contributor.authorNair, Gayatri
dc.contributor.authorAbaido, Ghada M.
dc.contributor.authorAskri, Soumaya
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T12:07:00Z
dc.date.available2023-10-16T12:07:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the nexus between University-Industry Collaborations (UIC) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region informed by a multiple-country-case study design. This study aims to explore the motives, opportunities and challenges, and propose effective practices in the MENA region context. Based on qualitative data retrieved through a series of 72 semi-structured interviews with university stakeholders (i.e., faculty, directors of corporate training, administrative staff, gatekeepers, company representatives and liaisons) conducted from March 2021 to September 2022. The sample was determined by a criterion sampling approach that enabled the development of cases from five countries in the MENA region (United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco) with each country sample comprising five university cases on average. This study was designed on a Multiple Case Study Research Design Approach (Yin, 2013) and this was supplemented by Template Analysis (a form of thematic analysis), and to incorporate the cross-national comparative dimension, Yasin and Hafeez (2022) approaches were adopted. The findings illustrate a wide range of motives, challenges, opportunities, and effective factors that are linked to varying objectives such as (1) the vision and ownership structures, (2) the stakeholder connections of universities (3) the brand reputation of the university provider (4) the perception and ranking of universities as well as (5) approaches undertaken by the University representative to negotiate the expectations of live projects. As a result, a contextualized framework is proposed in this study as the “five [essential] keys” for successful collaborations for the nexus between university and industry collaborations. The originality of this study is inherent in the qualitative cases and contextualized influences in non-westernized countries that are empirically under-explored, as well as the five keys framework that is useful from a theoretical and practical standpoint for academics, policymakers, and university leadership. © The Author(s) 2023.
dc.identifier.citationYasin, N., Gilani, S. A. M., Nair, G., Abaido, G. M., & Askri, S. (2023). Establishing a nexus for effective university-industry collaborations in the MENA region: A multi-country comparative study. Industry and Higher Education, 37(6), 838 - 859. https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222231175862
dc.identifier.issn09504222
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/09504222231175862
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/924
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIndustry and Higher Education Volume 37, Issue 6
dc.rightsSage permits the non-commercial reuse of our Journal article abstracts in their entirety, without permission.
dc.rights.holderCopyright : © The Author(s) 2023.
dc.subjectcases
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectcomparative
dc.subjectindustry
dc.subjectMENA
dc.subjectmulti-country
dc.subjectqualitative
dc.subjectUniversity
dc.titleEstablishing a nexus for effective university-industry collaborations in the MENA region: A multi-country comparative study
dc.typeArticle

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