Technology Transfer in a Global Economy

Technology transfer—the process of sharing and disseminating knowledge, skills, scientific discoveries, production methods, and other innovations among universities, government agencies, private firms, and other institutions—is one of the major challenges of societies operating in the global economy.  This volume offers state-of-the-art insights on the dynamics of technology transfer, emerging from the annual meeting of the Technology Transfer Society in 2011 in Augsburg, Germany.  It showcases theoretical and empirical analyses from participants across the technology transfer spectrum, representing academic, educational, policymaking, and commercial perspectives.  The volume features case studies of industries and institutions in Europe, the United States, and Australasia, explored through a variety of methodological approaches, and providing unique contributions to our understanding of how and why technology transfer is shaped and affected by different institutional settings, with implications for policy and business decision making.

• Entrepreneurship
• Global economy
• Innovation
• Intellectual property rights
• Knowledge economy
• Research and development (R&D)
• Technology transfer

• , Institute of Development Strategies, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  David B. Audretsch

• , Department of Management & Organization, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

  Erik E. Lehmann

• , Department of Economics, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA

  Albert N. Link

• , Department of Business Administration, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

  Alexander Starnecker

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