Imperatives to Achieve a Successful Technology-Transfer Model: A Perspective from the Arab World

2020 ◽  
pp. 371-385
Author(s):  
Sami Bashir
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Successful Technology

A Demand-Driven Technology Transfer Model

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Alistair M. Brett
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Weak Link ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Government Level ◽  
Successful Technology

Although much attention has been given in the USA, in major studies and at federal government level, to the critical importance of technology in economic development, there remains a weak link in the chain of technology development – the translation of basic research into commercially successful technology. Against this background, Alistair Brett sets out the strategy of Virginia, focusing on the activities of the Center for Innovative Technology and Technology Development Centers, which conduct research jointly funded by industry and the state. He also refers to specific activities and experiences at Virginia Tech. Dr Brett ends the article with a review of the overall situation in the USA and lists practical lessons learned from US experience. He stresses, finally, the importance of the exchange of experiences and ideas among practitioners of technology transfer in the USA, Europe and Japan.

Building successful technology transfer teams: A theory of cascading commitment

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Large ◽  
Keith Belinko
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Successful Technology

scholarly journals Management of successful technology transfer in agriculture: The case of Kazakhstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-501
Author(s):  
Rui Dinis Sousa ◽  
Ainur Boranbayeva ◽  
Zaira Satpayeva ◽  
Amina Gassanova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
Factor Evaluation ◽  
Successful Technology

Progress of agriculture is becoming increasingly reliant on the successful application of technology. However, many developing countries depend on technology transfer from other countries to be utilized in large and complex projects in agriculture. This study intends to identify strategic directions for successful technology transfer in developing countries’ agriculture with Kazakhstan as a case study. A SWOT analysis was conducted using Internal Factor Evaluation, External Factor Evaluation, Strategic Position and Action Evaluation, and Quantitative Strategic Planning matrices as analytical methods, based on primary data from interviews and secondary data from reports. With a weight of 52%, opportunities prevail in external factors, with emerging good geographical position, land area latitude, and participation in economic integrations as the most significant ones. On the other hand, internal factors such as emerging low skills in agricultural innovation, insufficient resources in agriculture, old technologies and worn-out equipment, and lack of mechanisms for effective adaptation of foreign technologies to local conditions are indicated as weaknesses, with the percentage of 82%. This study includes twenty-six strategies that were specially designed for technology transfer, and nine of them are considered the most relevant in overcoming internal weaknesses by exploiting external opportunities. Promoting agriculture in an innovative direction, expanding the resource base necessary for technology transfer, and increasing sources of funding for the transfer of technology and the R&D expenditures in agriculture make a top 3 of these strategies. These results will be of interest for policymakers in decision-making on technology transfer in agriculture.

scholarly journals Technology transfer: systems used by a Wairarapa farm consultancy firm

1993 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
C. Garland
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Technical Competence ◽  
Management Consultancy ◽  
Professional Independence ◽  
Consultancy Firm ◽  
Local Farm ◽  
Successful Technology

This paper outlines the systems of technology transfer used by a local farm management consultancy firm. The clientele of the firm is profiled along with the expectations of that clientele. The paper outlines the methods by which the firm receives technology input and the methods by which it transfers that technology. The evaluation of the success of that technology transfer is also described. The author emphasises the importance of technical competence and professional independence in the consultancy profession. He also outlines his philosophy on technology transfer. This philosophy maintains that agriculture is a people-based industry and that the most successful technology transfer will occur where the bearer of that technology has credibility and is a good communicator, whether he or she is a farmer, consultant or a scientist. Keywords: client servicing, communication skills, farm discussion groups, management newsletter, people-based industry, professional independence, technical competence, "trickle-down" effect

Critical Success Factors for Leveraging Technology Transfer from Higher Education Institutions to Industry: Indian Context

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150018
Author(s):  
Meenakshi Kanojia ◽  
Balvinder Shukla ◽  
Anil Wali ◽  
Manoj Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Environment Factor ◽  
Successful Technology

This study aims to identify and empirically evaluates the critical factors of successful technology transfer (TT) from higher education institutions (HEI) to industry and to develop a TT model in the Indian context. With the help of questionnaire survey, the perception profile of 318 respondents was collected from PAN-India. Utilizing the survey data, factor analysis identified six constructs representing five critical factors of TT and an outcome factor. The results of multiple regression analysis indicate significant effect of all five critical factors on an outcome factor. The findings of the study validate the TT Model and identify supportive and promotive TT environment factor, market and finance factor and HEI factor to be the most important factors of successful TT. This study may help the policymakers in strategizing future initiatives to improve the rate of successful TT.

Successful technology transfer of behavioral and animal welfare research to the farm and slaughter plant.

2021 ◽  
pp. 337-350
Author(s):  
Temple Grandin
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
Center Track ◽  
Successful Transfer ◽  
Successful Technology

Abstract This chapter describes the successful transfer of the center-track restrainer system, which is used in many large beef slaughter plants, from a research project to widespread commercial use. It also provides tips on the successful conversion of individual gestation stalls to group sow housing.

Information-based imitation of university commercialization strategies: The role of technology transfer office autonomy, age, and membership into an association

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Pitsakis ◽  
Claudio Giachetti
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
University Technology Transfer ◽  
Internal Source ◽  
Technology Transfer Office ◽  
Technology Transfer Offices ◽  
University Technology ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Successful Technology

We investigate whether university technology transfer offices, that is, divisions responsible for the commercialization of academic research, imitate their industry peers when designing their commercialization strategy. We borrow from information-based theories of imitation and the literature on academic entrepreneurship to argue that given a technology transfer office’s autonomy to strategize independently from its parent university, information from within and outside the technology transfer office affects its propensity to imitate the commercialization strategy of the “most successful peers,” that is, those with the largest live spinoff portfolio and greatest revenues from spinoffs in the industry. We contend that a technology transfer office’s experience, that is, a function of its age, represents a key internal source of information for the technology transfer office when deciding whether to imitate or not; we also consider the technology transfer office’s embeddedness in a network where the most successful peer is also a member as a key external source of information. From data on 86 British university technology transfer offices and their commercialization strategies between 1993 and 2007 that were drawn from both secondary sources and in-depth interviews with technology transfer office managers, we find that there is a negative relationship between technology transfer offices’ autonomy and their level of imitation of the most successful technology transfer office’s strategy, and that this relationship is moderated by the technology transfer offices’ age and by their membership into an association where the most successful technology transfer office is also a member.

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