ERIC Number: EJ1142557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 33
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Perceived Barriers to SME-College Collaboration: The Case of the Province of Manitoba
Edmunds, T. Keith
College Quarterly, v20 n2 2017
Since their creation, community colleges have had a mandate to be responsive to their communities, often through relationships with local business. As globalization and technological advancements increase pressure on small businesses (SMEs), the role of colleges in helping these SMEs to innovate in order to survive becomes clearer. Relationships between colleges and SMEs, however, are often balked by a number of barriers as perceived by individuals within the college system. This paper begins to examine the relationship between these entities through a series of interviews with individuals within the Manitoba community college system. An analysis of these conversations reveals seven distinct categories of perceived barriers.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Small Businesses, Community Colleges, Institutional Mission, Knowledge Economy, Administrator Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Partnerships in Education, Familiarity, School Business Relationship, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Time, Organizational Culture, Indigenous Knowledge, Scheduling, Intellectual Property, Institutional Cooperation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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