Industrial Perspectives on Innovation within Neurorehabilitation between Private and Public Partners

Academic research institutions produce a large amount of interesting research results. Results that could lead to innovative products, services or processes. However, very often the industry cannot just take such a result and develop an innovation out of it. The gap between academic achievement and the point a company can take over with a reasonable risk is usually large. This gap can be reduced or even eliminated by setting up a research collaboration between academia and industry which fosters knowledge transfer. Knowledge transfer from academia to industry and from industry to academia. In this talk, I will present examples of such collaborations together with best practices and lessons learned. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.