Why do scientists engage in technology transfer?

What is it about?

Technology transfer has become one of the major functions of research organisations. This transformation of research mission challenges scientists with new goals and trade-offs. To understand technology transfer, one has to distinguish among its different forms, and the interplay between personal and contextual dimensions.

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Why is it important?

Exchanges of tacit knowledge from industry to academia benefit from social interaction, while exchanges of codified knowledge are less context-dependent. Complex forms of technology transfer - those combining tacit and codified knowledge - require a broad endowment of resources, at both individual and contextual levels.

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