Scientific collaborations play a key role, alongside competition, in the innovation process of a university. The main benefit of collaborations is the exchange of knowledge, skills and techniques between partners. This knowledge influx contributes to the process of “knowledge accumulation” which leads to economic development and growth. Not surprisingly, institutions tend to encourage research collaboration between researchers by including it in the funding conditions in an attempt to increase the country’s scientific output. The literature has shown that collaborations, and especially international collaborations, have a positive correlation with the number of publications and their impact to the scientific community.
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ACTIVE IQS SPIN OFFs
13
ACTIVE RESEARCH GROUPS
185
COMPETITIVE RDI PROJECTS EXECUTED
+80
PARTNERS
+325
CLIENTS
University of Newcastle
MIT
Sorbonne Université
UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
University of Liverpool
Université de Pau
Universidad de Vigo
Université Clermont Auvergne
Khalifa Univeristy
Universitá degli studi Firenze
Universitá degli studi de Podova
University of Munster
Universiteit Gent
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
The Technical University of Denmark
University of Hyderabad
University of Kentucky
University of Evora
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mississippi State University
Universitat de Barcelona
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat de Girona
Université de Poitiers
Universitát Graz
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Institut Català d'Investigació Química
Hospital Clínic
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
The Istituto di Candiolo IRCCS
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant VZW
NOVA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LEITAT
CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E L EDUCAZIONE PERMANENTE TORINO
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centre Nacional de Supercomputació
Fundació b_TEC Campus Diagonal-Besòs
EURECAT
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya
IBEC
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
EnviStudos
FEUGA
NoWaste
Talence Innovation
VENAIR
Interlun
FUNDECYT-PCTEX
Apria Systems
Mare
FCC Ambito
European Recycling Platform
ZERO
Cardiff Scintigraphics Limited
wedo project intelligence made easy sl
Thermo Fisher Scientific GENEART GmbH
Cosphatec
Greenaltech S.L.
GreenDelta
2.-0 LCA consultants
ARTES Biotechnology GmbH
Lyon Ingénierie Projets
Beemo
Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH
Enantia
ORLA PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD
GLASS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
JRI ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED
Aigües de Barcelona
d’Aigües de Sabadell
Hidroquimia
Chemipol
TEQMA
Pronexus
Avinent
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