Overview

Most governments now recognise that effective technology transfer is vital to innovation and competitiveness, but the process by which ideas flow from universities to industry is complex. Several barriers can be identified: technological, cultural, legal and financial. Such problems have often been seen in isolation, but it is clear that the problem of encouraging successful transfer is complex, requiring an interdisciplinary approach. The collection of papers in this volume is deliberately diverse, offering perspectives from economics, sociology, science, engineering and public administration, drawn both from within and outside academic life, from those at the sharp end of technology licensing and the administration of government research programmes. The range of national backgrounds of the writers encompasses ten countries. Audience: Those seeking to sell and acquire new ideas, particularly across national boundaries; policy makers and strategic planners in business and universities; academics in a range of science, technology and social science disciplines.

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Author:   J. Kirkland
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048147816

ISBN 10:   9048147816
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   15 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A comparative analysis of civilian technology strategies in France, Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States.- Technology Transfer in Practice.- Promoting technology transfer in the US university: when it works, when it doesn’t.- Patents and technology transfer in public sector research: the tension between policy and practice.- Dealing with big bureaucracies: problems for the small technology producer.- Manufacturing technology transfer between west and east Europe.- Some issues of techno-economic developments in Turkey.- Diffusion of new technologies through appropriate education and training.- Economic constraints on technology transfer to the transitional economies: the example of the agricultural and food sectors.- Professional and technical structures as a barrier to technology transfer.- Technology Transfer in the Transition Economies: Case Studies.- Barriers to technology transfer in central and eastern Europe.- Obstacles faced by small firms in the technology transfer process in Romania.- Technology transfer in Ukraine: slow changes on a background of fast economic decline.- Changing factors of technology transfer in the Czech republic.- Academic entrepreneurship in high-technology firms in Bulgaria.- Conclusions.- Adoption and adaptation of technology transfer mechanisms between nations.

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