The management of university-industry partnerships in Eastern Asia: report of an IIEP/ESMU distance education course, 2 April - 5 July 2002

This distance education course, organized by IIEP and ESMU from 2 April to 5 July 2002, was intended to help senior managers and other professionals involved in higher education to identify strategies for the improvement of current management practices in the domain of university-industry partnerships. For IIEP and ESMU, the primary objective of the distance education initiative was to devise a training approach that would enhance the skills of the individual participants, but also maximize the impact on the universities by building a broader management capacity through the participation of a group of participants from each institution.