University-industry linkages: A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review
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University-Industry Linkages (UILs) have consistently garnered significant attention and acceptance because stakeholders believe that collaboration between academia and industry is crucial for innovation-driven economic growth and their concern that university research should be relevant to and accessible by industry. A heterogeneity of ideas exists in the field UILs due to its multidisciplinary nature. To portray the frontiers, status, categorization, trends, and future direction of the UILs research, present study had carried out a large-scale bibliometric analysis of the literature on UILs from 1980 to 2022. Furthermore, we present a systematic review of the ‘selected’ documents on UILs highlighted in bibliometric analysis to have a detailed and holistic understanding of the field. Finally, we have pointed out gaps existent in present literature, which provide direction to potential future research on UILs.
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