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* Approximately ninety percent of the corporations surveyed indicated they utilize their cooperative relationship, or plan to utilize their cooperative relationship, with universities and research institutions (national research institutions, research-centered public corporations, and public research institutions).

* In addition, a high percentage of the reasons given by private corporations for engaging in domestic research cooperation include "research personnel" and "research results" with regard to cooperation with universities, and "research facilities and equipment" and "research results" with regard to cooperation with research institutions ( Figure 22 ).

Figure 22 Reasons for engaging in research cooperation with other institutions

* Private corporations have high expectations for cooperation and interaction between industry, academia, and government and for the transfer to corporations of results obtained at national research institutions.