%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Using Action Research to Organize Technology Transfer in Complex Innovation Contexts %A Armando Machevo Ussivane %A Paul Ellwood %K action research %K agricultural innovation %K boundaries %K international collaboration %K technology transfer %X Technology transfer projects increasingly consist of multiple, diverse organizations, with each pursuing their own agenda as well as that of the overarching programme. In this article, we adopt a participatory action research methodology in order to explain and improve the coordination of the autonomous innovation activities within an organizationally complex project. The context of the research involved the transfer of rice production technology from China to Mozambique. The action research identified four categories of boundary within the project that were hindering performance: Intellectual/Land property rights; Public/Private sector logics; Inside/Outside programme; and Collaboration/Competition between programme actors. The process of co-inquiry with stakeholders enabled by the action research allowed programme actors to reach an understanding of others, and it created a new thinking space for mutual problem solving. By these means, the action research process makes a resource of the differences between stakeholders rather than it being seen as a barrier to be compromised through negotiation. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 17-26 %8 04/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1230 %N 4 %1 RBL Armando Machevo Ussivane is the Chairman of RBL, E.P – a Mozambique Government agency in charge of the management of the Baixo Limpopo Irrigation Scheme. The objectives of this scheme are food security and poverty alleviation through improved agricultural productivity. His career includes 18 years of experience in the management of agriculture development projects. His research interests lie within the areas of inter-organizational collaboration including partnerships and technology transfer in cross-cultural agriculture contexts. Armando holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. %2 University of Liverpool Paul Ellwood is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Liverpool. His research interests are broadly in the area of science-led innovation and include technology transfer, responsible innovation, and the organization of university scientific research groups. His early career included leadership positions in a private science-based industry. Since moving to a university management school, he has become increasingly interested in issues relating to the engagement between academic research and management practice. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1230 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Editorial: Insights (August 2017) %A Chris McPhee %K academic spin-offs %K business model development %K car sharing %K incubation %K leadership %K Machiavelli %K management %K organizational culture %K research institutes %K researchers %K sharing economy %K social media %K technology transfer %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 3-4 %8 08/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1094 %N 8 %1 Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He has nearly 20 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Promoting Entrepreneurial Commitment: The Benefits of Interdisciplinarity %A Franziska Brodack %A Anna Sinell %K academic spin-offs %K entrepreneurial commitment %K interdisciplinarity %K team composition %K teamwork %K technology transfer %X This article is the first to examine the relationship between interdisciplinarity and entrepreneurial commitment in academic spin-offs. Building on literature on interdisciplinarity, academic entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial intention, we analyzed the development of nine interdisciplinary spin-off teams comprising expertise from science, industry, and design. Our findings suggest that interdisciplinary teams engage with their ideas, maintain productive interaction, and successfully implement these ideas. Subjects in this study thoroughly developed their project proposals and implementation strategies by examining them from multiple angles. They believed not only in the value of these projects, but in their own ability to see them through. They found one another’s contributions highly inspirational and experienced a strong sense of responsibility and motivation. Communication within the teams was well managed, and tasks were clearly defined and distributed. Based on our findings, we put forward a number of propositions about the positive effects of interdisciplinarity on entrepreneurial commitment and conclude with implications for future research and practice. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 6-13 %8 12/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1123 %N 12 %1 Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation Franziska Brodack is Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation in Berlin, Germany. Her current projects focus on academic spin-off creation and the utilization of inter- and transdisciplinary teams for technology and knowledge transfer. Franziska holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany. %2 Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation Anna Sinell is a PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and a Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation. Her research focus is the transfer of knowledge and technology between different actors in innovation ecosystems. She is currently finishing her PhD thesis on strategies to foster academic entrepreneurship at research institutions. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1123 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Q&A. Are Universities Ready for Knowledge Commercialization? %A Mohammad Saud Khan %K commercialization %K entrepreneurship %K knowledge %K research %K technology transfer %K universities %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 63-68 %8 07/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1091 %N 7 %1 Victoria University of Wellington Mohammad Saud Khan, PhD, is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the area of Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Before taking up this role, he was positioned as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southern Denmark. Having a background in Mechatronics (Robotics & Automation) Engineering, he has worked as a field engineer in the oil and gas industry with Schlumberger Oilfield Services in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. His current research interests include innovation management (especially the implications of big data and 3D printing), technology, and social media entrepreneurship. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1091 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T A Structured Approach to Academic Technology Transfer: Lessons Learned from imec’s 101 Programme %A Dimitri Schuurman %A Stan De Vocht %A Sven De Cleyn %A Aron-Levi Herregodts %K academic spin-off %K entrepreneurial action %K entrepreneurship %K incubation %K research valorization %K technology transfer %X In this article, we describe imec’s 101 Programme for academic technology transfer and explain how it supports researchers by following a structured process in a limited amount of time and by carefully involving different stakeholders and people with relevant skills and expertise. The programme combines insights in terms of processes and of team composition from the entrepreneurship literature and puts them into practice in an internal incubation programme that is generated from the bottom-up. Based on hands-on experiences and interviews with key stakeholders in the process, we evaluate the programme and distill lessons learned. The article highlights the importance of a structured technology transfer process in the early stages of opportunity discovery and entrepreneurial action, and it offers insights on team formation for academic spin-offs. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 5-14 %8 08/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1095 %N 8 %1 imec Dimitri Schuurman is the Team Lead in User Research at imec.livinglabs and a Senior Researcher at imec – MICT – Ghent University in Belgium. He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from Ghent University. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific living lab offering targeted at entrepreneurs in which he has managed over 100 innovation projects. Dimitri is responsible for the methodology and academic valorization of these living lab projects and coordinates a dynamic team of living lab researchers. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation, and innovation management. His PhD thesis was entitled Bridging the Gap between Open and User Innovation? Exploring the Value of Living Labs as a Means to Structure User Contribution and Manage Distributed Innovation. %2 imec Stan De Vocht is the Innovation Manager at imec and was previously the Technology Transfer Manager at iMinds. Stan holds a Master of Law (LL.M.) and a Master of Intellectual Property and has been working in the technology transfer sector since his graduation in 2005. Stan has taken the initiative in the creation of the 101 programme and has helped several projects from technology to business. %3 imec Sven De Cleyn graduated with a Master in Commercial Engineering and started his professional career at the University of Antwerp, where he conducted research on high-tech spin-offs from European universities. He joined iMinds (merged with imec since October 2016) in 2011 as Technology Transfer Manager. He is in charge of the imec.istart business acceleration program in which he supports new spin-offs and startups. The program is recognized by UBI Global as one of the leading accelerators worldwide. Today, Sven is also a part-time professor in (high-tech) entrepreneurship at the University of Antwerp. %4 imec Aron-Levi Herregodts is a user specialist at imec.livinglabs and an affiliated researcher at imec-MICT-UGhent. He obtained master’s degrees in Communication Sciences (2013) and Complementary Business Economics (2014). As a user specialist with imec.livinglabs, his role is to translate multi-actor behaviour, needs, and wants to tangible recommendations to provide structure to the innovation process of startups, SMEs, and large organizations. His main interests include open innovation, user innovation, organizational learning, intermediary activities, and user-centric design and methodologies. He has specific interest in the configuration of intermediary learning activities based on the end user with innovation-relevant actors for distinct types of entrepreneurs and innovations. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1095 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2016 %T Q&A. How Can a University Drive an Open Innovation Ecosystem? %A Gonzalo León %A Roberto Martínez %K ecosystems %K Open innovation %K public–private partnerships %K technology transfer %K university–industry cooperation %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 6 %P 48-51 %8 07/2016 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1004 %N 7 %1 Technical University of Madrid Gonzalo León is a Full Professor in the Telematics Engineering Department at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in Spain. He is also the Director of the Centre for Technology Innovation and Deputy Rector for Innovation Partnerships of the UPM. He is the former Vice President for Research at UPM, and among his relevant positions in the Spanish Administration of Science and Technology he has been Deputy General Director for International Relations on R&D; Deputy General Director at the Office of Science and Technology attached to the Presidency of the Government; and Secretary General for Science Policy at the Ministry of Science and Technology, where he was responsible for the National R&D Plan and International Relations. He was also Chairman of the Follow up of the Lisbon Strategy Group, Chairman of the Space Advisory Group, Chairman of the Research Infrastructures Group, and member of the Mid-term review panel of ICT-FP7. Today, he is the Spanish representative in the Strategic Forum for International Cooperation (SFIC) of the European Union Council. %2 Technical University of Madrid Roberto Martinez is the Deputy Director of the European Research & Innovation Office at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in Spain, and he is an evaluator and reviewer for the Research and Innovation Programmes of the European Commission. He graduated as a Telecommunication Engineer from the School of Telecommunication for UPM, and he has a Master's Degree in Economics and Innovation Management and Technology Policy. From the beginnings of his professional career, he has been involved in several initiatives related to cooperation between Europe and Latin America in the information and communication technologies field. His research interests are linked to innovation ecosystems driven by universities, acting as a focus for value co-creation and acceleration and commercialization of technologies. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1004 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T Commercialization and Public Good: Conflict, Complement, or Critical Component? %A R. Sandra Schillo %K commercialization %K intellectual property %K public good %K publicly funded science %K science in society %K societal benefits %K technology transfer %K university research %X The controversy regarding the role of science in society – and how science can best achieve its role – may well date as far back as the beginnings of science itself. The specific arguments and the possible mechanisms for science to impact society, however, have changed over time. This article picks up the conversation with regards to the specific role of publicly funded science, presuming, similar to Brecht in this article's opening quotation, that publicly funded science has the goal of making positive contributions to society. To achieve this goal, today’s scientists and research managers face a myriad options of publication venues, protection mechanism, and collaborations with external partners including licensing and other options for commercialization. Oftentimes, the goal of achieving positive contributions to society is perceived as being in fundamental conflict with the restrictions many commercialization arrangements place on the use of knowledge. This article argues that, although commercialization may at times conflict with the goal of achieving positive contributions to society, it can also be complementary to pursuits towards societal contributions, or even a critical component in achieving the desired positive contributions to society. More specifically, it suggests that the use of the term “science for the public good” as description of the goal to achieve positive societal contributions might create confusion with the economic term “public good”. Thus, it seeks to reframe the discussion of how science can contribute to society in an era of increased openness and interaction. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 27-35 %8 07/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/810 %N 7 %1 University of Ottawa R. Sandra Schillo is an Assistant Professor at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Sandra completed her doctoral studies at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, University of Kiel, Germany and obtained her Masters' degree in Engineering Management from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Her professional work experience includes employment and consulting assignments with many of Canada’s federal science-based departments and agencies and other organizations active in innovation and entrepreneurship in Canada. Sandra teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and master’s levels. Her research agenda focuses on the impact of research and innovation, and explores the application of new methodologies to capturing measures of innovation and entrepreneurship and their outcomes. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/810 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T University-SME Collaboration and Open Innovation: Intellectual-Property Management Tools and the Roles of Intermediaries %A Isabelle Deschamps %A Maria G. Macedo %A Christian Eve-Levesque %K intellectual property %K intermediaries %K IP management %K Open innovation %K technology transfer %K university-enterprise collaboration %K university-SME collaboration %X In 2009, the Conseil de la science et de la technologie du Québec (CST) made 13 recommendations to the Government of Quebec in order to shift innovative actors towards open-innovation practices adapted to the province's context: diversified economic sectors, a majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), public universities, etc. Among these recommendations are: i) to set up flexible mechanisms to promote research collaboration between public-private sectors such as universities and SMEs, and ii) to optimize intermediation bodies’ contribution to establish open-innovation practices. Furthermore, the lack of adequate understanding and tools for the management of intellectual property (IP) was identified as a major inhibitor of open-innovation practices, to which actors should pay specific attention. In this article, we present results and recommendations from a field study focused on two groups of actors: i) companies involved in collaborative innovation and ii) intermediary agents enabling innovation and technology transfer. Our first goal was to shed some light on factors that facilitate open innovation through improved university-enterprise collaborations and, more importantly, that attempt to overcome the irritants related to IP management. Our second goal was to analyze the roles of diverse intermediaries in the fostering of successful collaborations between universities and SMEs. Our study yielded three findings: i) SMEs do not care about understanding and improving their capabilities about IP and are not equipped with adequate tools and best practices for managing IP and for managing the overall collaborative mechanisms in general; ii) this gap in preparation for open innovation is persistent, since even the intermediaries, whose role is to guide SMEs in university-enterprise collaborations, suffer themselves from the lack of appropriate IP transfer and sharing tools, and do not perceive the need to offer better support in this regard; and iii) overall, current IP-transfer and collaboration-management tools are not sophisticated enough to provide appropriate support for the implementation of open innovation, by which we mean more open and collaborative innovation in the context of university-enterprise collaborations. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 33-41 %8 03/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/668 %N 3 %1 École de technologie supérieure Isabelle Deschamps is Professor and founder of graduate programs in Innovation Management at École de technologie supérieure in Montreal, Canada. A professional engineer, she has been active for 30 years as a consultant, trainer, investor, and researcher in the fields of collaborative technological innovation. She has been advisor and manager in governmental agencies, incubators, transfer centres, and clusters in industries such as aluminum, environment, information technologies, nanotechnologies, and life science. Directly active for more than 15 years in the Quebec innovation ecosystem, she coached and financed startups and university spin-offs as Vice-President of Inno-centre, a technological incubator and as Partner of Capimont Technologies, a private venture capital group. Since 2007, she has been involved in fast-growing high-tech SMEs for the management of innovation and university-enterprise collaborations. She holds an MBA from HEC-Montréal and a DBA in Innovation Management from Harvard University. %2 École de technologie supérieure / SePSI-UQAM Maria Macedo is a Technology Transfer Officer at Service des partenariats et soutien à l'innovation (SePSI-UQAM), in Montreal, Canada, where she manages partnership research projects and university intellectual property. In this position, she creates a link between top university research and the unmet needs of industry, thereby providing the university's members with a real opportunity to gain any commercial benefits arising from their research. Maria has over 10 years of experience in innovation management and strategic planning. In recent years, she has conducted industry studies that identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the industry’s development and innovation. Maria completed her undergraduate studies at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM) in Food Chemistry and she holds an MSc and a PhD in Food Sciences from Laval University in Québec City as well as a MBA from HEC Montréal. She is finalizing an MSc in management of innovation at École de technologie supérieure in Montreal. %3 École de technologie supérieure Christian Eve-Levesque is a young professional who cumulates experience in product development, technology transfer, and production engineering in medical and robotic sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Innovation Management from École de technologie supérieure in Montreal, Canada. He is active in university-enterprise collaboration projects as well as in enterprise-enterprise collaboration projects. Christian also teaches business strategy for graduate programs in Innovation Management at École de technologie supérieure. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/668