Factors that affect the linkage between enterprises and universities: a case study in Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

This research aims to identify the factors that support and hold back the linkage between enterprises and universities. The subject of investigation and survey of the theoretical model is based on a survey of 269 enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. The research identified four factor groups affecting the relationship between enterprises and universities. Among them, two supportive factor groups are context and organization factors; and two inhibitive factor groups are difference in the characteristics of activities and in the perception of enterprises about universities. The research proposed a more complex measuring scale of activity differences affecting the cooperation between enterprises and universities. The aim of the research results is to increase linkage executions between enterprises and universities nowadays.