tech transfer

Texhnological and Social Costs and Benefits of Patent Systems

This paper considers the social costs of the patenting system, as well as its advantages, in order to guide such decisions. More specifically, it considers and checks the old and new criticism of this system. The authors propose to reassess the theoretical social value of patenting through a model founded on the approach adopted by these more empirical and conceptual studies.

Effectiveness of University Technology Transfer: Lessons Learned from Quantitative and Qualitative Research in the U.S. and the U.K.

The authors review and synthesize papers related to the effectiveness of university technology transfer and present some pointed recommendations on how to enhance effectiveness. They conjecture that business schools are best positioned to address these skill and educational deficiencies through the delivery of targeted programs to technology licensing officers and members of the campus community wishing to launch startup firms.

Effectiveness of University Technology Transfer: Lessons Learned from Quantitative and Qualitative Research in the U.S. and the U.K.

The authors review and synthesize papers related to the effectiveness of university technology transfer and present some pointed recommendations on how to enhance effectiveness. They conjecture that business schools are best positioned to address these skill and educational deficiencies through the delivery of targeted programs to technology licensing officers and members of the campus community wishing to launch startup firms.

Linkages Between Open Services Markets and Technology Transfer

This study analyses the role of open services markets in the transfer and diffusion of technology from developed countries to developing countries. It explores how trade in services increases exposure to foreign technologies. The report shows that emphasis should be placed on services in the debate on trade and growth and that services liberalisation in key sectors, which facilitate the exchange of knowledge between foreign and domestic companies, can have a significant impact on technology diffusion.

Impact of Cultural Differences on Knowledge Transfer in British, Hungarian and Polish Enterprises

The aim of the article is to verify the hypothesis, that despite the cultural differences existing among Great Britain, Hungary and Poland, all enterprises put much effort to ensure good conditions for knowledge sharing by their employees. Results obtained through this survey are compared with cultural dimensions in order to see how significant the distance between the received theory and empirical investigation is.

Federal Technology Transfer 2006

Technology transfer representatives from all corners of federal R&D provide the most promising accomplishments from the past year within this report. In some cases, the submissions are for technologies already in the marketplace; for others, the technologys enormous impending impact merited its inclusion, according to the FLC committee chair.

R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry

In bridging the technology gap with the OECD nations, developing economies have access to three avenues of technological advance: domestic R&D, technology transfer, and foreign direct investment. This paper examines the contributions of each of these avenues, as well as their interactions, to productivity within Chinese industry.

Responsible Partnering, Joining Forces in a World of Open Innovation: A Guide to Better Practices for Collaborative Research and Knowledge Transfer Between Science and Industry

This Handbook describes a voluntary programme of Responsible Partnering aimed at improving the organisation, management and overall effectiveness of joint research and strategic knowledge transfer activities involving public research organisations and companies.