Technological partnership of industrial enterprises with higher education organizations

The article presents a study of technological partnership with the participation of industrial enterprises. Special attention is paid to the partnership in the technical and technological sphere between industrial entities and higher education organizations. To conduct the research there were used scientific methods of constructing concepts, analyzing regulatory documents and statistical materials. The main results of the study are to clarify the concept of technological partnership and its relationship with other related concepts, including "technological exchange", "technological cooperation" and "technological clustering". The principles of implementing technological partnership, including the principles of openness, partnership relations, and mutual benefit, are summarized. As part of the analytical part of the study, the main normative and legal documents describing the conditions and incentives for the formation of cooperative relations between industry and subjects of science and education are highlighted. Data on the current performance of economic entities within the framework of the considered documents are presented. The analysis of statistical information showed the interest of industrial enterprises and universities in the "project" format of interaction, which is more active at a higher technological level of both subjects. It is noted that since 2011, the share of industrial enterprises participating in joint projects with higher education organizations has increased. Using the example of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, it is shown that the multidirectional nature of the university's research and its clear focus on modern global trends in technological development is a key factor in building close cooperation "organization of higher education - industrial enterprise".