Academic-Startup Partnerships to Creating Mutual Value

Academia and startups are powerful pillars of innovation ecosystem. We believe academia and
startup
enterprises could collaborate as strategic partners to create mutual, long-term benefits through a two-way knowledge transfer. We argue that this can be completed without large corporation involvement, which may hinder the missions of academia and startups—slowing down innovation progress. Startups and academia could foster knowledge transfer in a flexible, agile, and less bureaucratic way, helping both partners to create mutual values through strategic partnerships.