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The publication of Global University Venturing’s first cross-title collaboration with Global Corporate Venturing is still a few months away. However, it is becoming apparent that our initial hypothesis that the most entrepreneurial universities would want to work with the most innovative corporates may be off the mark.

A part of this stems from a disconnect between universities and corporates, which happens for various reasons depending on who you talk to. Ask professors who have worked in academia all…