Technology Transfer: From Invention to Innovation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Knowledge Transfer and Transmission

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Are Transition Countries ‘Insiders’ or ‘Outsiders’ of the Knowledge-Based Economies?

      • Annamária Inzelt

      Pages 3-21

   3. Knowledge and Technology Transfer

      • Jacques De Bandt

      Pages 23-35

   4. Technology-Knowledge Diffusion Patterns in the United States

      • Lawrence Rausch, Jennifer Sue Bond

      Pages 37-55

   5. Technology Transfer from RTOs

      • G. G. Huylebroeck

      Pages 57-67

   6. On the Need of New Mechanisms for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Research Universities

      • P. Conceição, M. V. Heitor, Pedro Oliveira

      Pages 69-85

   7. Cyclic Cross-Border Technology Transfer for Multinational Innovations

      • Sherman Gee

      Pages 87-100

3. The Best Practices of Knowledge Transfer (National and Enterprise Level)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Evolution of a Successful Western European Technology Transfer Organisation

      • E. J. Duff, Jan Hilton

      Pages 103-110

   3. Best Practice in Technology Transfer Management

      • Thomas Gering

      Pages 111-120

   4. Re-Development of a Former East-Berlin Military Site into a Site of Science and Technology

      • Helge Neumann

      Pages 121-134

   5. Facilitating the Growth of SMEs; The Strategic Role of Science Parks

      • George Kiriakidis

      Pages 135-144

   6. Transforming Inventions into Innovations as a Major Concern of the Philips Research Laboratories Management: A Historical Perspective

      • Marc J. de Vries

      Pages 145-159

   7. The Future of Research within the Biotechnology Revolution

      • R. Fears

      Pages 161-170

4. The Role of Codified Knowledge (Patents) and Other Intellectual Property Rights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Evolving Systems of Intellectual Property Rights Collaborative R&D as a Generator of New IP Structures

      • Hugh Cameron

      Pages 173-193

   3. How Useful are Patent Databases to SMEs as a Source of Technical Information?

      • Anthony Arundel

      Pages 195-206

   4. Intellectual Property Rights

      • Keith Hodkinson

      Pages 207-231

   5. R&D Capabilities of Eastern Asian Countries — Centering on Asian NIES —

      • Takabumi Hayashi

      Pages 233-254

Technology transfer has expanded rapidly over the past 20 years in Western Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. It has been estimated that some 50% of new products and processes will originate outside the primary developer; academic and other research institutions are obvious sources of much of this new technology.
In the NATO Co-operating countries, however, technology transfer is in its infancy; it is crucial for wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life that this mechanism is developed. The papers selected for inclusion in this book discuss issues related to the development of technology transfer in NATO Co-operating countries. The book identifies crucial research issues for science and technology policy researchers and, as a conclusion, offers some policy recommendations. The authors are drawn from NATO and Co-operating partner countries, from other parts of the world, and from international organisations. The focus of the book is on the institutional framework of knowledge and technology transfer; intellectual property rights as sources of information and tools for co-operation; international, national and regional aspects of knowledge and technology dissemination and diffusion; and networking.
Audience: Academic institutions, research institutes, intellectual property practitioners, science and technology policy makers, technology transfer managers, high-tech industries.

• Invention
• growth
• high-tech industries
• innovation
• science and technology
• technology policy

• IKU Innovation Research Centre, Budapest, Hungary

  Annamária Inzelt

• Vuman Ltd., University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain

  Jan Hilton

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