Goran Tepic
Bio
PhD Goran Tepic (born 1982) is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Goran has earned his PhD degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad.
He is one of the founders of the dangerous goods cluster in Serbia.
His research and teaching activities are in the area of risk assessment and management, risks in manipulating hazardous substances and designing of occupational safety system.
He is the author or co-author of over 20 scientific and professional papers, published in leading domestic and foreign magazines and scientific and professional conferences.
He is a certified advisor for the safety of the transport of dangerous goods in road and rail transport (ADR and RID)
Service idea
Challenge: Different languages and goals, time pressure, intellectual property, lack of collaboration and adaptation are some problems and obstacles in knowledge exchange between businesses and scientific institutions.
All of these obstacles can make knowledge exchange between business and scientific institutions difficult.
However, there are various ways in which these obstacles can be overcome, such as establishing clearer and more efficient communication channels, establishing partnerships and collaboration between scientific institutions and business companies, and ensuring that scientific research is focused on real industry problems.
Solution:
1. Establishing efficient communication channels: Scientific institutions and business companies should establish clear and efficient communication channels to facilitate knowledge exchange.
This could include organizing regular meetings, seminars, or workshops where scientists and business people could talk and share their ideas;
2. Partnerships and collaboration: Scientific institutions and business companies should establish partnerships and collaboration to facilitate knowledge exchange.
This could include joint research projects or product development, with joint funding and project management;
3. Increasing financial resources: Financial resources are often a key factor in establishing partnerships and collaboration between scientific institutions and business companies.
Therefore, increasing financial resources could facilitate collaboration between scientific institutions and business companies, especially in areas that are crucial to the economy;
4. Increasing awareness: Scientific institutions and business companies should increase awareness of the benefits of knowledge exchange and collaboration.
This could include organizing campaigns and events that will attract scientists and business people to increase awareness of collaboration opportunities;
5. Incorporating industrial problems into scientific research: Scientific institutions should direct their research towards solving real business problems faced by companies.
In this way, scientific research would become more relevant to the industry, and the results would be easier to apply in the real world.
Together, these solutions can help reduce the knowledge gaps between industry and scientific institutions, resulting in greater productivity, innovation, and economic growth.