University Technology Transfer and the System of Innovation

摘要: Knowledge is recognized as a driving force in the study of innovation, and universities figure prominently major actors any discussion production, diffusion, deployment knowledge. While have long served source technical advance for industry, university-industry collaboration has intensified recent years due to four interrelated factors: development new, high-opportunity technology platforms such computer science, molecular biology material science; more general growing scientific content all types industrial production; need new sources funding created by budgetary stringency; prominence government policies aimed at raising economic returns publicly funded research stimulating universitytechnology transfer (Geuna 1998: 5 – 6). Increased interaction between industry noted globally Clark (1998) coined phrase entrepreneurial universitiesto describe series changes that reflect missions active role promoting within national systems. I