United states corporate research : University of North Texas experience

Study was conducted with the support of University Administration Support Program Funded by the Carnegie Corporation and implemented by IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board, Washington, USA) The article under consideration is devoted to the problem of organizing corporate research in a US higher learning institution. Notwithstanding vastly different experiences and opportunities of its advancement in the US and Ukraine, the issue appears to be of a paramount importance in a theoretical as well as in a practical dimension for both countries.