In search of harmony in socio-economic development: the lessons of interaction between science and business organisations in Lithuania

Partnership between science and business sectors: tools to identify needs and manage the process. The paper offers both the theoretical and practical approaches to the important problem- development of cooperation between science and business sectors, focusing on its specific features of the link in the context of management of science. The authors have applied procedural operational attitude to business and science institutions management of enhancing there interaction. Special emphasis is placed on creating new, original and effective scenarios of promoting partnership. On the basis of two-side analysis of science and business sectors transformations, carried out by the authors, challenges of the partnership have been defined. The authors have described managerial causes of demand and offer in the area of cooperation between science and business sectors, and have identified factors, which have negative effect on this process. The paper introduces principles and challenges of creating the above - mentioned scenarios.