The knowledge merchants.

Abstract

Since World War II, increased funding by government and industry has turned the 'education business' of American universities into 'knowledge business'. Interactions between universities and industry can take the form of consulting, affiliate programmes, contracts, extradepartmental research and development, exchanges of scientists, research agreements and the involvement of venture capital companies. The experiences of the School of Pharmacy, University of California at San Francisco, with these interaction models are described and evaluated.