Starting
in the'80s, the universities, especially those located abroad, have
started a process of exploitation of research through a commitment to
"transfer" the knowledge to businesses and territories. This process
has been reflected in the commercial exploitation of inventions made in
laboratories and university research centers, the creation of business
incubators and science parks and the promotion of academic spin offs.
Transfer of technology and skills is an important means to
enhance and disseminate the objectives and results of scientific
research.
The Technology Transfer is now considered the primary means to
achieve and maintain a competitive position both within the domestic
market and in the international.
The Technology Transfer has the following aims:
- reduce the duplication of research lines;
-
initiate and strengthen relationships with the
systematic production and economic fabric of the local level to
disseminate the results of programs and research universities;
-
promote appropriate forms of cooperation with the
entrepreneurs with a view to settling the issues related to the
technology transfer and support of spin-off
Technology transfer is a process using technology, expertise,
know-how or facilities for purposes not originally intended by the
development. The transfer of technology implies that a technology
developed for one sector is then used in a completely different area.
The transfer of such technologies and know-how "is not an easy task and
the process has a heavy personal network.
