关键词: Olivieri事件, 产学合作, 利益冲突, 利益冲突政策, the Olivieri affair, industry-university collaboration, conflicts of interest, COI policies

Abstract: With industry-university collaboration becoming a significant mode of technological innovation and progress, conflicts of interest (COI) have been increasingly prominent and also become a major issue in relevant policies. This paper selects the Olivieri affair that caused broad social concern, analyzes the occurrence and development of COI in this event, and focuses on the role of policy in the management of COI. Even more remarkably, the affair became a catalyst that accelerated various COI policies reforms that ensured a good policy environment for cooperation in Toronto. On the basis of case study, it is concluded that COI is a common situation and cannot be overlooked or ignored. Meanwhile, it may play the role of "invisible hand" to have a deep impact on the collaboration process. Therefore, the author argues that it is of great importance to formulate concrete policies so as to avoid and manage COI in the industry-university collaboration.