Once the collaboration area and the appropriate partners have been
identified, the negotiation and legal framework for the collaboration has
been finalised, process of managing the collaborative research programme
is often complex and often requires a different approach to managing an in-
house project.
The interests and needs of all parties need to be fairly and effectively
managed.
We can help identify
sources of funds and provide direct project
management or frameworks for programme management of such projects,
and act as "honest John" broker in resolution of disparities of views on the
project priorities.We can also help to identify where there may be additional, non-
competitive, routes to exploitation of newly developed technical capability,
maximising the return on collaborative R&D expenditure.
