Risk management in informal university technology transfer in global supply chains

Abstract

Technology transfer is a key function or process of the global innovation systems. There is a wide ariety of activities through which academics transfer their new knowledge. Some of these activities are more formal than others. Many prior studies have concentrated on more formal activities based on intellectual property rights as the main outcomes of universities such as patenting, licensing and the formation of spin-offs. After a systematic literature review, we outline an analytical framework that uses global chains as the mechanism for bridging global and national innovation systems. The merit of global chains is that they emphasize inter-firm and intra-organization interactions and networks along the production process of a given product. These are often neglected by innovation systems. But these interactions allow us to understand better the role of informal university technology transfer along global value chain and its risks. https://library.iated.org/view/MARTINRUBIO2016RIS