產學合作行之有年，在技職體系的大專院校已有相當完整的規劃與實施，主要在提供學生實習機會以縮短理論與實務的差距。研究所以上之高等管理教育則較少將產學合作經驗納入正規學程或畢業要求中，所以在文獻記載上仍相當欠缺。本研究試圖以交易成本理論來探討暑期專案研究作為高等管理教育的產學合作模式、及其三邊之契約關係，以學生、企業界及學校認知的貢獻與交易成本探討暑期專案研究的價值，並探討現行模式之優、缺點及適當之修正。研究以中山大學人力資源管理研究所為對象。研究結果顯示參與訪談之企業、學校與學生一致肯定暑期專案研究的價值以及繼續推廣的必要，但也提出現行模式有時間過短、專案定義不清、合作企業難尋、以及學生適應不良等困難，造成交易成本的提升。

　　　　　Cooperation with industries (co-op) is well-established among vocational education institutions. However, since it is rarely included as a graduation requirement, we found very little literature on cooperation at graduate-level management education. This research explored the possibility of one co-op model in particular-Summer Research Projects (SRP) for graduate-level management education. From a transaction cost view, this study intended to justify the cost effectiveness of SRP from three perspectives 1)the industries, 2)the students, and 3)the school by uncovering the effects and the transaction costs associated with the tri-lateral governance structure of a SRP. The target of our investigation was the SRP model utilized by the graduate school of the Institute of Human Resource Management of National Sun Yat-sen University. The respondents unanimously agreed that SRP is a viable co-op model and recommended its adoption to other institutions. However, current model did have a few drawbacks, such as a short project duration, elusive project definitions, difficulty in finding co-op candidate, cultural and adjustment issues raised by the students, etc., which all led to increased transaction costs.