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Science and business cooperation on innovation evidence from Pomeraniafor research had come from business - merely respondents of GUT and SFI. The motivatorto conduct research work among Pomeranian scientists was primarily a desire todevelop their own professional interests and ambitions as well as career aspirations ofthe respondents. According to the survey, scientists of Pomeranian universities and RD units generally do not have large experience in working for commercial companies.Over 35 % of respondents had never worked in any company, and another 50 % hadsuch an experience in the business which gained no more than one year. Only one personhad been working for a company for at least five years. This condition can explainthe low efficiency of implementation research in Pomerania. It seems to be related tolack of knowledge of business functioning and its real needs among academics in theregion. No individual employment experience made for academics difficult to understandthe objectives and the realities of business organizations. On the other hand 75%of respondents kept working with companies. Such cooperation was mostly declaredby scientists of Gdansk University of Technology and the Sea Fisheries Institute. Inaddition, nearly 60% of respondents knew at least 5 people in their circles who hadbeen involved in cooperation with business. Another 20 % stated that they had knowntwo people who had established business cooperation. This indicates a certain degreeof activity of Pomeranian researchers in the field of commercialization of knowledgefrom the field of research to the local economy.5. ConclusionsReferring to the outcomes of the survey, it should be noted that local universitiesand R&D units plays a wide range of roles in Pomeranian system of innovation: educationand teaching as well as conducting applied research work for the industry. Scientistsbelieved in a utility of their research for the local industry, however their research(fundamental and applied) has limited potential in contributing to innovation. Accordingto the outcomes of the survey, some conclusions can be drawn and proposed.Firstly, most Pomeranian scientists didn’t recognize businesses as potential partnersfor supporting their research work with funds. Probably, the reason for this situationwas closely identified with sorts of studies realized by researchers. They preferredfundamental and applied research, but most companies usually have been interestedmore in a practical approach. They are focused mainly on implementation work. Companies,which suffer from a capital shortage and expect short-term results, are willingto pay for outcomes but only these which can be used at once. Results of fundamentalor applied studies regularly need more time and their effects usually cannot be implementedin business immediately or they can sometimes be even simply unforeseen. Itcan cause that most academics support their fundamental/applied research with publicfunds. But parallel, the private capital is not interested in financing this sort of studiesand is focused much more on outcomes of implementation work dedicated to individualcompanies and real business problems.126