Critical success factors for transnational partnerships

By Eugene Sebastian and Abid Khan. Partnership between leading institutions will be absolutely crucial to innovation and success in tackling major issues in a changing world. A small number of critical factors affect the long-term success of collaborations: the depth of the alliance; shared aspirations and strategies; unified governance; and the deployment of shared talent. Recently, when India’s Human Resource Development Ministry sent out queries to the top 30 global universities inviting them to set up campuses in the country, the response was hardly enthusiastic, with many echoing the need for collaboration over a physical presence. More...