New Strategies on Collaboration between Industry, Academia and Government

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New Strategies on Collaboration between Industry,
Academia and Government

• Kyoto-Maizuru Ritsumeikan Institute of Regional
  Creation (MIREC) as a Co-Regional Knowledge
  Integrator

KAZutaka YAMADA, Ph.D Associate Secretary
General, Kyoto-Maizuru Ritsumeiakan Institute of
Regional Creation
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Introduction

• Third role of universities
• Local Policies
• MIREC Challenge of the city not located any
  university

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Core Competences

• Regional public think-tank
• Collaboration with internal resources and
  external resources
• Scheme composed complementary multi-regional
  relationships
• Co-Regional Knowledge Integrator

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• Population 91,726
• Ratio of Elderly 21.3
• Area 342.15km2

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Maizuru Bay

• Industries
• Shipbuilding, Pottery industry, Food Manufacture
  
• Maritime Affairs
• Coast Guard, Marine Self Defense Force

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• International Logistics Network
• Busan, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Chongjin,
  Vostochny

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Local Background

• Preventing Maizuru from regional mosaic
• Against lack of collaboration universities mutual
• two issues on 2007
• Retiring skilled workers
• Sharp decrease of shipbuilding order

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Current Situation of MIREC

• Collaborative research projects
• Mutual collaboration RPMOT and RPNA
• Needs- or marketing-oriented RD
• Organization
• Utilization of local academia
• Inspiration of companies culture
• International collaboration
• Utilization of sisters city relationship
• strong-strong relationship

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Urban Husbandary Networking
Knowledge of Social and Human Science
Knowledge of Engineering
Exchange of Deferent Industries
Experiences of Manufacturing
Political Decision Making
Exchange of Local to Local
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Knowledge of Social and Human Science
Knowledge of Engineering
MIREC Knowledge Integrator
Experiences of Manufacturing
Political Decision Making
International Collaboration
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Problems

• Fund raising
• Administration cost personnel cost
• Stiff employment elasticity and job mobility
• Human resources
• Utilization of retired skilled workers
• Creation white-collared job
• Changeover to a corporation
• MIREC is a project on budget of Maizuru

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Perspectives

• Community of regional public think-tanks
• Northeast Asian Information Center
• Utilization of their specialties
• Involving companies
• Supporting finance
• Practical collaboration neither universal nor
  professional

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Perspectives

• Co-Regional Knowledge Integrator
• Maizuru does not have any university
• Maizuru can not utilize knowledge of universities

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Community of Regional Public Think-tanks
Knowledge of Social and Human Science
Knowledge of Engineering
MIREC Knowledge Integrator
Experiences of Manufacturing
Political Decision Making
International Collaboration
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• Thank you for your kind attention

KAZutaka YAMADA, Ph. D. Executive Secretary of
JSRS