Typology of Results of Cooperation Between Russian Universities and Business

Development of high-tech industries is an important task for the Russian economy, the solution of which requires the joint efforts of educational, research and production organizations with the governmental support. Nowadays significant results have been achieved in the field of cooperation between universities and business. Their systematization and analysis will make it possible to determine both the most effective areas of interaction and those requiring further development. The purpose of the research presented in the article is to identify typical models of cooperation between universities and business based on analyzing the results of their scientific and educational interaction. To realize it, clustering of Russian universities was carried out. The cluster analysis identified 6 groups of universitates, each of which has specific features. Universities in the first two clusters are focused on commercializing income from R&D. Universities of cluster 1 are distinguished by a high share of extra-budgetary income from R&D, and from cluster 2 are distinguished by high extra-budgetary income from R&D based on the number of academic staff members. Universities from cluster 3 have high results of joint publication activities with business companies. In universities from clusters 4 and 5 educational cooperation with business is more developed. Universities from cluster 4 have an extensive network of partnerships with enterprises to organize internships for students. Universities from cluster 5 actively cooperate with business to train specialists on a contractual basis. Cluster 6 includes universities that have low results in all areas of cooperation with business. The results of the study demonstrate the main approaches of universities to interact with business companies. The research task was implemented for the first time on a representative sample of Russian universities based on an analysis of the quantitatively assessed results of their cooperation with business. The article may be of interest to universities aimed at developing partnerships with business companies, as well as government authorities developing projects to support university-industry interaction. Support measures could become more diversified, considering the specific features of each cluster, and be aimed at stimulating the development of priority areas of cooperation with business for a particular university.