Slide title In CAPITALS 50 pt Slide subtitle 32 pt Elements for successful partnership between Enterprise and University Ericsson in Croatia case EUPIDE 2008 Enterprise-University Partnership in Doctoral Education June 12th- 13th, 2008 Paris, Assistant Professor Darko Huljenic, PhD

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 2 Outline  Ericsson Nikola Tesla – basic facts  Cooperation with University  Common Project forming  Ericsson Summer Camp  Achieved results  Conclusion

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 3 Ericsson Nikola Tesla – basic facts  Croatian company – main owner Ericsson (49 %)  Company formed 1949 th  Ericsson started with owning 1995 th  About 1400 employees –87 % high school education – 8 % master and doctoral degree –About 540 employees younger than 32 years –500 new employees in last three years –600 employees in R&D Centre (one of the biggest R&D Centre in Ericsson – the biggest one outside Sweden)  Structure of company income: –70 % export  22 % knowledge export to the world markets

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 4 Cooperation with University  Competence source  Technology experience  Practical problems challenge Universities Research Departments Ericsson Nikola Tesla Research Cooperation students  professionals knowledge  results Started 1963 th – help in forming R&D Unit, continuously until today Projects Teaching support Practical problems 0.5 mil € / year

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 5 Common projects forming First phase –Technology studies for Enterprise (technology trends) Second phase  Agreement about Long term Cooperation (Area) –Yearly Annex (Projects topics)  Project participants from University side (professors, assistants, students – main drivers: PhD students) and Enterprise side (researchers and active/potential PhD students) –Project leader from Enterprise side –Results owner – Enterprise –Follow Enterprise process Projects with result orientation.

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 6 Ericsson Summer Camp  Attraction of best students and their involvement in real case projects –Established before 8 years –~ 150 students (telecommunication, computing) –Mentors from Ericsson and professors and assistants from Faculty –Use to be 5 weeks during Summer – July, August, September –In 2008 we have 32 students dealing with IP state of the art system technology  Involvement of PhD students in defining and leading topics of interest for Enterprise

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 7 Financial support for scientific growth  Enterprise needs continuous innovations and new products –Own research and prototyping  Money & Time & People –Cooperation with Universities  University needs problem space to have practical experience – cooperation with Enterprise  Scholarships program –Undergraduate program –Postgraduate (Doctoral) program  Own resources (employees) – Research Unit  University resources (topic in connection with Enterprise challenges) – Common projects

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 8 Achieved results  Research results publications –International conferences (150) –Journals (45)  Patents (2 common)  Prototypes –Used in education process –Used for further products development  Laboratories –University (4) –Enterprise (5)  Technology Studies –Base for further business directions  Diploma thesis, master thesis, doctoral thesis  Enterprise Participation in teaching (undergraduate, postgraduate)  Enterprise competence shift programs

Top right corner for field-mark, customer or partner logotypes. See Best practice for example. Slide title 40 pt Slide subtitle 24 pt Text 24 pt Bullets level pt 9 Conclusion and further steps  Key elements for successful cooperation: –Common area of interest (in longer perspective) –Common projects (mixed teams, common goal) –Enterprise ready to use achieved results/proposals and people –Continuous finance support  Key issues in Enterprise area: –Profit focus in short period of time –Globalization (local Enterprise focus, local community)  Further step: –Local regulation (by law – community partnership) –Regional (EU) cooperation