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Abstract: there is a demand for businesses to increase the amount of cooperation and synergy they have with universities especially if such businesses wish to implement the products and and research outcomes in the industrial market in order to increase their revenues, as well as adding strength to their position on the market. Businesses are able to develop their technological advancements, product quality and economic outcome immensely by working with universities. This helps businesses add to their competitive advantages. Therefore, this research paper aims at defining what affects businesses' and universities' innovative cooperation. In order for the research paper to be conclusive, businesses that work with universities and within those businesses, ones that have been0 successful have been chosen. The authors took questionnaires and focus group interviews from these businesses. The main research methods are descriptive analysis on today's situation on business-university innovative cooperation and the correlation between the factors that affect the situation. The authors have come to conclusion by how smallmedium businesses are involved with innovative cooperation, the interior and exterior factors affecting them and calculated correlation between these factors.