PRODUCT VERSUS PROCESS: A JUNGLE COMMUNITY CASE STUDY FOUR YEARS LATER OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Villacis ◽  
Maria Lorena Rodriguez ◽  
Cynthia Ayarza
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Transfer System ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Successful Technology ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Positive Impacts

More than four years have passed since the collaboration with the Kichwa jungle community of Santa Rita in Ecuador. While designing and building the Cocoa Cabin, we were able to see how technology transfer took place. Based on this case study we will refer to the negative and positive impacts of the technology transfer system over time, acknowledging the differences between a product versus process approach. Comparing three specific points in time where technology transfer was implemented in: the Cocoa City (2010-2015), the Cocoa Cabin (2013-2014), Bolivar´ Lookout (2017), demonstrating how imposed technology leads to misuse or disuse because of lack of participation and understanding, and how technology development, when escorted by people and collaborative processes, leads to successful technology transfer.

Rationale-Based Patent Analysis for Corporate Product Design

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liang ◽  
Ying Liu
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Scoring Function ◽  
Patent Analysis ◽  
Design Rationale ◽  
Rich Information ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Feature Association ◽  
Over Time

Patents are well-recognized as valuable data source for product innovation, design and development. They contain rich information about design rationale (DR), technology development and so on. In this paper, we intend to discover design focuses, which refer to types of design that a corporation emphasizes on in innovations and R&D approaches. By analyzing invention features, we attempt to reveal distinct design focuses that corporations have targeted at. In our previous study, we have explored text mining to discover DR based on the proposed ISAL model (issue, solution and artifact layer) from patents. In this paper, we aim to design a rationale-based patent analysis approach to analyze technical focuses of corporations from a large volume of patents. In our proposal, DR information of each patent is firstly discovered and each patent is represented by a structured manner of issue, solution and artifact layers. A feature association-based approach is designed to measure connections between artifact features and highly related features are clustered into groups to represent the categories of invention and design focuses from a corporation perspective. A scoring function is then defined to categorize patents based on artifact feature groups. In experimental study, a case study using patents filed by Apple Inc. and RIM (Research In Motion) over a period of time was conducted to demonstrate the approach proposed. We reported our findings on issues like design topic clusters and design focuses involved in the inventions over time.

Beyond multidirectional technology transfer

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariacarmela Passarelli ◽  
Alfio Cariola ◽  
Pino Vecellio
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Science Park ◽  
Research Systems ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Development Technology ◽  
Practical Implications

This article focuses on co-development technology transfer models. It offers an empirical analysis of a pioneer model applied in Italy: the proof-of-concept network (PoCN) applied by AREA Science Park in Trieste. Starting with a review of the literature, the authors identify the drivers that facilitate collaboration between the industrial and research systems in the embryonic phase of technology development. Then, discussing the PoCN model, the article analyzes and explores an emerging phenomenon that is as yet poorly understood. The application of a model for co-development, in fact, highlights many advantages for both firms and the research system and improves the efficiency of matching between these distant and heterogeneous sectors. The authors report a single case study which, while appearing to be a limitation of the article, offers elements of originality because it concerns the first applied co-development model in Italy. There are many practical implications, not only for firms and research institutions but also for policymakers who seek to implement public policies to support innovation and technology transfer.

Success Factors in US Technology Development

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Preston
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
New Business Formation ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Successful Technology ◽  
Us Technology

Universities in the USA have a significant impact on business through the transfer of technology. In this article the Director of Technology Development at MIT describes the critical factors for successful technology transfer, particularly relating to new business formation.

scholarly journals Mediation Effect of Adaptive Planning between Social Capital and Business Innovation: Application to a Community of Pisco Producers in Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7779
Author(s):  
José A. Avalo-Ortega ◽  
José L. Yagüe-Blanco ◽  
Arístides Vara-Horna ◽  
Guillermo Cangahuala Allain
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Adaptive Planning ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Innovation And Development

This study addresses the effects linking adaptive planning and social capital that drive business innovation. A case study has been selected that involves a community of pisco producers, grouped around a production innovation and technology transfer center (CITE agroindustrial) in the southern part of Lima, Peru. The study examines how their perceptions have changed over a six-year period (2012–2018). Results show the mediation effect that adaptive planning—promoted through CITE activities—has between social capital and innovation, which is also strengthened over time. In conjunction with this, a route is investigated for business innovation that goes further than the need–opportunity dichotomy, through associative and collaborative behaviors, and adaptive planning that stands out thanks to its actors (the community of producers). This represents a path for transforming needs into opportunities for innovation and development.

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.

Technology Transfer between Industry and Higher Education

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
S. Connor ◽  
J. Farmer ◽  
J. Wylie ◽  
A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Transfer System ◽  
The Uk

This article is concerned with a technology transfer system – the Teaching Company Scheme – which has been operating for some years in the UK. The Scheme is intended to foster a two-way flow of advanced technology between higher education and industry. The authors report on a number of case studies of Teaching Company Programmes and draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the Scheme. A complimentary article on the Teaching Company Scheme was published in the March issue of Industry and Higher Education, focusing on the Scheme in the context of organizational learning (Christine Tiler and Michael Gibbons, ‘A case study of organizational learning: The UK Teaching Company Scheme’, Industry and Higher Education, Vol 5, No 1, 1991, pp 47–55).

scholarly journals Students as scientists’ co-pilots at the onset of technology transfer: a two-way learning process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferran Giones ◽  
Kari Kleine ◽  
Silke Tegtmeier
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Technology Transfer Process ◽  
Collaborative Models ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Attractive Option ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Knowledge And Technology Transfer ◽  
University Setting

AbstractTo provide further knowledge and technology transfer to society, universities are exploring new collaborative models. These new models are regarded as promising alternatives to the patent-centric linear model. However, their implementation requires revising the roles of the actors in the technology transfer process and their relationships. While collaborative models could indeed be an attractive option for universities, there is limited evidence on how these collaboration processes could be effectively introduced. We use a longitudinal embedded multiple case study to explore the contribution of knowledge interactions between scientists and students in the preliminary steps of the technology transfer process. We investigate the learning dynamics between the focal actor, i.e., the scientist, and the students in a university setting to decipher how the introduction of such collaborative processes can contribute to knowledge and technology transfer. Our results suggest that students enrolled in an educational program can contribute to the scientist’s interest and engagement in technology transfer. However, we find out that the extent of the students’ contribution depends on the shared consensus over the technology function and the openness of the scientist to reconsider the technology’s meaning. We contribute to the ongoing exploration of alternative models for technology transfer and the identification of additional roles that students can take in entrepreneurial university ecosystems.

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