Technology Transfer / Absorption

The Idea Incubator Goes to Campus

A recent NY Times article discusses how visionaries, researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs, are all working together to move technology ‘from the lab to the marketplace’ at a handful of universities in United States. Continue reading…

Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages

While geographic co-location has obvious benefits for firm innovation, it can also have serious drawbacks. HBS professor Juan Alcácer and Ross School of Business professor Minyuan Zhao explore how firms tap into the rich resources of technology clusters while protecting the value of their innovations. Continue reading…

FDI and Knowledge Spillovers

AbsorptionImproving the absorptive capacity of regions and organisations is a major mechanism for accelerating innovation, raising productivity, and economic growth. The present World Bank working paper discusses trade flows, foreign direct investment (FDI), Continue reading…

MIT-Portugal Program

Logo MIT-Portugal ProgramThe MIT-Portugal Program is an international collaboration seeking to demonstrate that an investment in science, technology and higher education can have a positive, lasting impact on the economy by addressing key societal issues through quality education and research in the emerging field of engineering systems. Continue reading…

Accelerating the Commercialization of University Innovation

acc-innov.jpgAn emerging approach to identifying, funding and commercializing university-based innovation is proving quite effective at seeding new companies, according to research conducted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Max Planck Institute of Economics. Continue reading…

Scientificcommons.org the Web2.0 of scientific knowledge products

Scientific_commonsAccording to ScientificCommons project “about page”, its major aim is to develop the world’s largest communication medium for scientific knowledge products which is freely accessible to the public. Continue reading…

MIT’s Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, a model of efficiency

Science_Business_Logo In a latest interview, written by Lori Valigra, in Science|Business, an independent news service focused on technology transfer, Leon Sandler the executive director of MIT’s Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation is explaining how the Center is operating and why is considered to be a global best practice. Sandler argues also on the issue if the model of MIT’s Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation can be transferred to other regions outside the village, as MIT is mentioned. Continue reading…

Innovation Networks: Looking for Ideas Outside the Company

Innovation Networks - Copyright of the Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaFuture competitive advantage will depend on “innovation networks” — individuals and organizations outside a company that can help it solve problems and find new ideas for creating growth, according to Larry Huston, managing partner of consulting firm 4INNO. Continue reading…

Innovation and Performance in the Global Economy

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007More and more OECD governments are giving firms tax breaks to drive innovation while cutting their direct spending on business research and development (R&D), and are also encouraging public research organisations to commercialise their inventions, according to a new OECD report.

The eighth edition of the Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard Continue reading…

iBridge Network Links Ideas & Innovation

iBridge NetworkThe iBridge Network provides the transparency and access to university developed innovations that will lead to further advances and next-generation products. The Network aggregates research materials, technologies, and discoveries in an online, easy-to-search forum—the iBridge Web site. Continue reading…