Chapter 13 A Conceptual Framework for Studying a Technology Transfer from Academia to New Firms

2009 ◽  
pp. 185-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Prodan ◽  
Mateja Drnovsek ◽  
Jan Ulijn
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
New Firms

Transfer or Translation? Rethinking Traveling Technologies from the Global South

2022 ◽  
pp. 016224392110722
Author(s):  
Miao Lu ◽  
Jack Linchuan Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Global South ◽  
First Century ◽  
Technical Approach ◽  
Narrow Focus ◽  
New Space ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Human Actors

Technology flows are becoming increasingly diverse in the twenty-first century, calling for an update of concepts and frameworks. Reflecting on the inherent tensions of technology transfer, including its technocratic dreams, insensitivity to technological materiality, and narrow focus on certain human actors, we propose technology translation as a complementary conceptual framework to understand traveling technologies. Taking a socio-technical approach, technology translation views artifacts as socially shaped with distributed agency, which makes technology flows unstable and unpredictable. In so doing, we develop a typology to explain five technology flow scenarios, shedding new light on the mechanisms of technology traveling by foregrounding the role of translators. Last, we discuss the politics of translation and elaborate how technology translation opens new space to engage with the complexity and uncertainty of technology flows, especially in the Global South.

A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Academics Commercialization Decision at Malaysian Research Universities

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-92
Author(s):  
Hafizul Othman ◽  
Rosni Abdullah ◽  
Nasriah Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Curriculum Vitae ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies

Objective- – This paper seeks to explore the heterogeneity of academic personal attributes that influence their entrepreneurial decisions and proposes a unique window of understanding the diversity of their personal attributes towards their commercialization approaches Methodology/Technique This research adopts Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) of Straussian approach particularly the constructivist-interpretivist epistemology with extension to multiple case studies. Theoretical sampling is used to select a total of 42 academics of ICT faculties from five Malaysian research universities (RUs). Semi-structured interviews are used to elicit information in relation to their research and commercialization activities. Findings Based on interviewees' transcripts and their Curriculum Vitae (CV), we inductively develop a conceptual framework to explain the phenomenon of how academics choose their commercialization approaches. Novelty - This paper is expected to give a new inside into the existing academic entrepreneurship literature. To the practitioners, it helps them to better understand the heterogeneity of academics and therefore should facilitate them to nurture such commercialization efforts. Type of Paper Empirical Keywords: Academic entrepreneurship; Technology transfer; Commercialization; Malaysian university; Personal attributes.

Healthcare Technology Transfer in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Inductive Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (08) ◽  
pp. 1950055
Author(s):  
Rian Marais ◽  
Sara S. Grobbelaar ◽  
Imke H. de Kock
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Healthcare Technology ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Transfer Method

The research addressed within this paper sets out to develop a framework towards facilitating health-related technology transfer (TT) to and within sub-Saharan African countries. In turn, this framework will attempt to alleviate healthcare burdens in developing nations through a combination of acquisitions and collaborative technology development. Systematic conceptual and comparative literature reviews have been conducted to identify the major characteristics of TT. The conceptual review has outlined the universal characteristics of TT such as TT methods, prominent stakeholders and the importance of knowledge transfer while the systematic comparative review exclusively evaluated sub-Saharan African healthcare TT characteristics such as infrastructure barriers and the marketability of the transfer object. The outcomes of the literature reviews have been clustered into five phases, forming the basis of the conceptual framework. This framework aims to guide a user through the phases of technology development, technology analysis, technology transfer method application, change management and commercialization by providing managerial best practices at each phase. The conceptual framework has been evaluated by incorporating the outcomes of 16 semi-structured interviews conducted with healthcare and TT industry experts. The final framework aims to provide guidelines for any stakeholder involved in healthcare technology transfer regardless of the healthcare implementation by highlighting best practices surrounding stakeholder co-creation, transfer method application and constructing a sustainable healthcare technology transfer venture.

Crowdfunding and Open Innovation Together: A Conceptual Framework of a Hybrid Crowd Innovation Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150003
Author(s):  
Ahmet Çubukcu ◽  
Tuba Ulusoy ◽  
Esra Yaşar Boz
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Project Idea ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Start Ups

Crowdfunding and open innovation make great contributions to the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem. In this study, we conduct exploratory research to put forward the mechanisms that are developed to benefit from crowds to carry out innovative projects in the context of open innovation and crowdfunding. Our main research problem is whether there is a digital platform that enables both knowledge/technology transfer and project collaboration of entrepreneurs and enterprises on project/idea development. We observe that a hybrid crowd innovation model is needed to create various collaboration and innovation opportunities between entrepreneurs, SMEs, start-ups and corporate enterprises. In this context, we put forth a conceptual framework to show that greater opportunities will emerge in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation if crowdfunding and open innovation hybridize. The main purpose of this study is to propose a conceptual framework within this scope and then to verify the framework by creating a model as a future study.

Determining the Success or Failure of International Technology Transfer

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.L.C. van Egmond-de Wilde de Ligny ◽  
M.M. Kumaraswamy
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Technology Mapping ◽  
International Technology Transfer ◽  
Transfer Policy

The authors present a conceptual framework that is considered useful for investment studies and consultancy activities on international technology transfer (ITT). Thoroughly elaborated investment studies – by which possible risks and constraints can be identified – can provide valuable support to decision makers in an ITT project. There appears to be no readily available methodology for the assessment of international technology transfer projects, and for mapping the essential factors that have an impact on them. This paper describes the principles of a conceptual framework which forms the basis of a comprehensive methodology for investment studies and consultancy activities to support ITT projects. This ‘Technology Mapping Methodology’ brings in the technological dimension, which has been absent in most conventional socioeconomic analyses and investment studies. The results of the application of this methodology in a number of ITT projects, such as the Tanzanian project described here, demonstrate its usefulness for technology transfer policy and management.

Transfer of Technology: Towards a Conceptual Framework

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-222
Author(s):  
Arun P. Sinha ◽  
K. Balakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Conceptual Schema ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Technology Acquisition ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
Structural Variables

The importance of technology gap as one of the main explicators for the differences in the economic conditions of developed countries and less developed countries is identified in this paper. After examining two streams of international economic theories dealing—directly or indirectly—with technology transfer, a few strategic and structural variables are identified to explain the observed phenomena. Based on these, 12 propositions are hypothesized which may, on further testing, provide a better explanatory and probably predictive base for the technology acquisition behaviour of LDCs. An attempt is also made to relate the strategic and structural variables and the 12 propositions into a conceptual schema.

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