Barriers to Industry-Academia Collaboration — A Study With a Focus on the Indian Medical Devices Sector
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v25i1.7570Keywords:
higher education, medical devices, Indian market, industry – academia collaboration, barriersAbstract
Giving a summary of the Indian medical devices industry, the article starts by highlighting the over-dependence of the medical devices sector on imports and the need for an effective industry-academia collaboration. Such collaborations are not common in India. Academicians involved with medical device research and the healthcare sector were selected to administer a questionnaire on the barriers with a five-point Likert scale and through interviews. The barriers were analyzed from the perspective of sub-themes of the Triple Helix model - Relationship, Policy, and Perceptions. Barriers falling under the subtheme of Relationships were found to be the most common barriers.
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