19 results on '"Innovation Ecosystems"'
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2. From Research to Market:What the EU can learn from the USA?
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Novikova, Jekaterina
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innovation ,innovation ecosystems ,lab-to-market ,technology transfer ,university-industry collaboration ,startups ,venture capital ,grants ,accelerators - Abstract
The research project “From Research to Market: What the EU can learn from the USA” addresses the gap between the laboratory research and market. I examine how government, universities and private companies facilitate the transition of research results to market in the USA. In the report I present various programs that are available to the researchers and entrepreneurs in the US and invite to consider them for implementation in Europe. I argue that different stages of lab-to-market transfer require different mechanisms that should not be limited to funding but include technology transfer assistance and advice on intellectual property, mentoring by peers and industry mentors and access to the laboratory space and incubators. I conclude that the Bay Area answer to closing the lab-to-market gap is by a combination of support mechanisms that reinforce and complement each other, when implemented simultaneously. I invite to discuss which of the US initiatives and programs described in this report shall be promoted in Europe and at which level.
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- 2019
3. State-of-the-Art: Biodesign based Innovation Ecosystems in Europe
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Fritzsche Holger, Mahbub Elaha, Boese Axel, and Friebe Michael
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stanford biodesign ,innovation generation ,innovation ecosystems ,start up ,entrepreneurship ,technology transfer ,medical research laboratory ,unmet clinical needs ,Medicine - Abstract
Today's healthcare challenges with unmet clinical needs, high regulation and certification standards, and increasing costs demand faster innovation and technical translation. To address this challenge, Stanford released a fellowship called Biodesign, where need-based healthcare innovation is taught with the approach identify, invent and implement. Since then, different European institutions have adopted the Biodesign innovation approach and organized within the Biomedical Engineering- Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Alliance (BMEidea EU). The generation of successful healthcare innovation isn't only based on participating in an Innovation teaching program. It is much more a matter of having the right innovation ecosystem with an open creative mindset, experts, the respective stakeholders, and access to essential resources within reach (close to clinic). Through a qualitative survey, seven Biodesign based teaching programs in the EU were examined. The study from an academic perspective contains information covering Resources, Activities, Academic Performance, and Transfer Performance. The demand for new healthcare innovations, and especially innovation training programs that address challenges, developed collaboratively with the respective stakeholders, is increasing. Additionally, there is a growing expectation that innovation needs to reach the market quickly and be implemented accordingly. A Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem, where different entities function as a productive unit with a shared vision and committed to application-driven research and technology transfer, will increase innovation's success and adaptation.
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- 2021
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4. University-industry collective actions framework: societal challenges, entrepreneurial interactions and outcomes.
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Puerta-Sierra, Lizbeth, Montalvo, Carlos, and Angeles, Adrianela
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COLLECTIVE action , *KNOWLEDGE management , *TECHNOLOGY transfer , *KNOWLEDGE transfer - Abstract
University-industry collaboration is increasing its significance due to the active role that society demand from universities. An entrepreneurial university requires understanding the different rationalities and asymmetries of university, researchers and industry in order to best encourage inter-organisational willingness to collaborate as well as to know the impact of their collaboration beyond the boundaries of their partnership. This paper presents an exploratory and conceptual framework providing propositions to gain a better understanding concerning the factors driving and hindering interactions and the willingness to collaborate between university-industry actors. In addition, this research discusses the relevance of the type of impact (economic, technological and societal) of this collaboration as agents of an eco-system accomplishing innovation goals. It concludes with theoretical, managerial and policy implications based on asymmetries on expectations, benefits, capabilities, norms and actors-agency. Such asymmetries affect the entrepreneurial predisposition to interact and strive to achieve societal desirable collaboration outcomes. A preliminary collective actions framework is proposed. Such framework renders a useful tool for universities, industry and government in the management of knowledge transfer and collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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5. Evolution of EU Innovation Policy.
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FEDIRKO, OLEKSANDR and FEDIRKO, NATALIIA
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COMMERCIALIZATION ,PROPERTY rights ,INTELLECTUAL property ,SCIENCE education ,TECHNOLOGY transfer ,EUROPEAN cooperation ,DIVISION of labor - Abstract
The article is dedicated to the comprehensive study of the key stages of the evolution of the European Union innovation policy, the conditions and factors of transformation of its priorities, as well as the estimation of the main advantages and disadvantages of implementing its polystructural integration model. It is fixed that in course of its development the EU innovation policy has gone through several qualitatively heterogeneous stages, which tended to the interaction of a number of elements, the combination of which ensured identification of scientific, technological and innovation models of this policy. It is proved that the initial stage of the EU common research policy was based on the development of large international cooperative projects of basic and applied research, investment in scientific infrastructure, improvement of scientific education systems and training. In the second stage, the EU's innovation policy acquired the features of technological effectiveness characterized by the identification of the EU's strategic industrial sectors for global innovation leadership, harmonization of technological standards within the integration group, deepening the scientific division of labor with narrow profile of member states in various technological field, strengthening of international scientific and technical cooperation, technological transfer and commercialization of newly developed technologies, as well as the introduction of a favorable environment for technological development of production and service sectors of the economy. The current stage of community innovation policy reflects innovation practices as a systemic process of continuous generation and commercialization of innovations, focused on building the knowledge economy, improving the infrastructure of commercialization of new technologies, protection of intellectual property rights, involvement of small and medium businesses, and social values. It is outlined that as in line with deepening integration processes in the EU, research and innovation practices have become a priority in the comprehensive strategy of competitive development of the integration community, as confirmed by the constant growth of financial allocations for research and innovation development goals, attraction of more stakeholders to the research work and strengthening of common European research area. The EU's innovation policy has now introduced a regular and polystructural pattern with a clear division of goals and coordination of efforts at the supranational, national and regional levels of its implementation. The open model of EU innovation activity, which tends to the involvement of a wider range of associated countries in the implementation of European cooperation research and innovation projects, significantly triggers the introduction of research activities of domestic institutions of Ukraine, unprecedented opportunities for innovation patterns of national economy growth, as well as finding promising niches in international chains of high-tech industrial production and providing knowledge-intensive services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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6. Effectiveness of technology transfer policies and legislation in fostering entrepreneurial innovations across continents: an overview.
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Guerrero, Maribel and Urbano, David
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TECHNOLOGY transfer ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,CONTINENTS ,LEGISLATION ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The purpose of this article and the special issue is to improve our understanding of the theoretical, managerial, and policy implications of the effectiveness of technology transfer policies on entrepreneurial innovation. We accomplish this objective by examining the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and public policies in the 186 papers published from 1970 to 2019. Our analysis begins by clarifying the definition of entrepreneurial innovations and outlining the published research per context. We then present the seven papers that contribute to this special issue. We conclude by outlining an agenda for additional research on this topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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7. THE REGIONAL CHALLENGE OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT) IN AN ASYMMETRIC NETWORK PERSPECTIVE.
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Weber, Christina and Schmalenberg, Julia
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ECONOMIC activity ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,CULTURAL property - Abstract
Europe's economy is still doing well in 2020 in a global comparison. Europe boasts a wealth of talent, resilience, excellent researchers and male and female entrepreneurs. However, when it comes to turning its assets into market-creating innovations, there is ample need to improve. To increase Europe's innovation capacity, the European Commission (EC) shifted the support focus from research to innovation in EU framework programmes. In 2008, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) was founded to foster socio-technological innovation. It later connected research and industrial actors of excellence across different sectors in KICs (Knowledge & Innovation Communities). Today, the new challenge is to include modest and moderate innovators in these structures to build dynamic innovation networks. This paper presents an overview on established EIT KICs and explains their position as actors in asymmetric innovation networks. Narrative interviews with experienced KIC managers are used to gain insights into thoughts on how to reach more cohesion and networked innovation capacity. The findings of this explorative study are also relevant for Croatian regions with their aim for inclusion into EIT KICs with their rich Mediterranean cultural heritage. The EIT's strategic innovation agenda for the next EU framework programme (2021 - 2027) includes a new EIT KIC focusing on cultural and creative industries to balance asymmetries of technology and culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
8. Implementing citizen centric technology in developing smart cities: A model for predicting the acceptance of urban technologies.
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Sepasgozar, Samad M.E., Hawken, Scott, Sargolzaei, Sharifeh, and Foroozanfa, Mona
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SMART cities ,TECHNOLOGY Acceptance Model ,CROSS-cultural differences ,STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,CULTURAL identity - Abstract
Abstract Local urban identity, culture and knowledge ecosystems continue to shape innovative capacity and technological acceptance despite global exchange in talent, trade and technology. This has important implications for the development and implementation of future smart cities. The last two decades of smart city research has presented smart cities as a generic, universal aspiration without taking into consideration such local cultural differences. Future smart cities have several tasks ahead of them. The first is selecting culturally appropriate technologies from the vast array of global technologies now on offer. The second task is adapting such technology and the third task is in managing the acceptance of such technology. The above process is not linear but must be iterative, with technology acceptance considered simultaneously alongside the selection and adoption of such technologies. This study integrates the substantial literature on Technology Acceptance Modelling into the smart city discourse to begin to address this need. It also further develops our understanding of technology acceptance using the Structural Equation Modelling Method. A new synthetic model is proposed consisting of twelve factors, which have been selected based on a targeted literature review. A survey-based method was used to develop and cross-validate the model sampling a diverse population from various Iranian cities. The result of the above process is a new model named the Urban Services Technology Acceptance Model (USTAM). The validated model includes key factors related to technology such as Self-Efficacy, Operation, Work Facilitation, Relative Advantage and Compatibility. The USTAM is a useful tool for the prediction of technology acceptance in the implementation of smart cities. The final model is significant for various reasons. Firstly, it is significant for ensuring that selected technology is appropriate to local cultural contexts. Secondly it is significant to ensure that integration of technologies at metropolitan scales is managed effectively. The final significant reason is that it is well-suited to helping developing economies participate in the smart city boom in a resource efficient manner. The proposed model can potentially help cities achieve this by guiding them in the selection of appropriate technologies. The proposed model is developed with specific reference to Iran and Bangladesh. The authors suggest that the model is useful for cities of different cultural identities and characteristics, who wish to initiate their own distinctive smart city strategies. Highlights • Technology acceptance literature integrated with current smart cities literature to provide a citizen centric focus • Develops a technology acceptance model for implementing smart cities in emerging economies • Develops a tool to give decision-makers certainty that citizens are likely to accept technologies prior to roll-out. • Provides technology acceptance findings for selected developing cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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9. Universities' gravitational effects on the location of knowledge-intensive investments in Brazil.
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Fischer, Bruno Brandão, Schaeffer, Paola Rücker, and Silveira, Julia Phaiffer
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *INNOVATION management , *TECHNOLOGY transfer , *SUPPLY chain management , *ECONOMIC competition , *INVESTMENTS - Abstract
For a while, universities have been perceived by academics and policymakers as potential engines of regional economic development. One specific field of analysis in this regard involves the role of academia in shaping regional attractiveness for knowledge-intensive investments. Nonetheless, there are scant approaches dealing with these issues in developing countries. The goal of this article is to address the attraction effects exerted by high-quality universities on the location of investments in knowledge-intensive activities at the level of cities and microregions, drawing from the case of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Two-stage Heckman models are applied. Findings suggest weak effects associated with top-tier universities in defining whether a given location receives productive investments or not, but these gravitational impacts are absent in the definition of investment levels. These results indicate weak connections between academic research and agglomeration trends around specific locations in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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10. Estratégias para o aumento da eficácia da transferência de tecnologia e geração de inovações e diagnóstico da capacidade para tal em ecossistemas de inovação acadêmicos
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Pohlmann, Jaime Roberto and Ribeiro, Jose Luis Duarte
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Interação universidade-empresa ,Technology transfer office ,University-industry collaboration ,Principal investigator ,Inovação ,Innovation ,Transferência de tecnologia ,Technology transfer ,Innovation ecosystems - Abstract
As universidades possuem um papel fundamental na promoção do progresso da sociedade. Através da sua chamada terceira missão, direcionada à sua contribuição social e econômica , as universidades contribuem para a geração de tecnologias e empreendimentos inovadores, promovendo o ecossistema de inovação regional. Neste sentido, a presente dissertação apresenta um estudo, que fornece referências e orientações para melhorar a eficácia da condução dos resultados da pesquisa acadêmica para a sociedade, envolvendo o Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica da universidade (NIT) e os pesquisadores voltados à projetos de Transferência de Tecnologia e Inovação (TT&I), os chamados Principal Investigators (PIs). O estudo está apresentado no formato de dois artigos, contidos nesta dissertação. No primeiro artigo foram identificadas e discutidas as estratégias para aumentar a eficácia da Transferência de Tecnologia (TT) da universidade para o setor industrial, respondendo duas questões de pesquisa: (i) Quais são as barreiras que impedem a transferência da pesquisa acadêmica para a indústria? (ii) Quais são as estratégias para transferir os resultados de pesquisas acadêmicas para a indústria? Os resultados obtidos através de uma revisão sistemática da literatura conduziram à elaboração de uma lista de estratégias para aumentar a eficácia da TT, a serem implementadas pelo NIT, utilizando a sua natureza ambidestra (acadêmica e de negócios). No segundo artigo foi desenvolvido um mecanismo de levantamento de dados para traçar um diagnóstico da capacidade de TT&I de ecossistema de inovação acadêmico, bem como o mapeamento dos seus PIs. Este mecanismo foi aplicado junto ao quadro de docentes da Escola de Engenharia (EE) e do Instituto de Física (IF) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) e foi capaz de traçar um diagnóstico, apontando as forças e as fraquezas das unidades analisadas em relação à capacidade de desenvolver projetos voltados à TT&I. Universities play a fundamental role in promoting the progress of society. Through its so-called third mission, linked to its social and economic mission, universities deliver innovative technologies and ventures for society, promoting the regional innovation ecosystem. In this sense, this dissertation provides references and guidelines to improve the effectiveness of conducting academic research results for society, involving the University's Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and the researchers of the university focused on Technology Transfer and Innovation (TT&I) projects, the so-called Principal Investigators (PIs). This study is presented in two articles contained in this dissertation. In the first article, we present and discuss strategies to increase the efficiency of technology transfer (TT) from the university to the industrial sector, answering two research questions: (i) What are the barriers that hamper academic research transferring to the industry? (ii) What are the strategies for transferring academic research results to the industry? The results obtained through a systematic literature review led to the elaboration of a list of strategies to increase the effectiveness of TT, to be implemented by the TTO, taking advantage of its ambidextrous nature (academic and business). In the second article, we developed a survey mechanism to diagnose the capacity to TT&I in academic innovation ecosystems and the mapping of their PIs. We applied this mechanism to the researchers of the School of Engineering and the Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The results showed that it was able to draw a diagnosis, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the analyzed units concerning the ability to develop projects aimed at TT&I.
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- 2022
11. From ecosystem to community. Combining entrepreneurship and university engagement in an open innovation perspective
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Mariarosalba Angrisani, Davide Dell', N.A. Anno, Tom Hockaday, Mariarosalba, Angrisani, Dell'Anno, Davide, and Tom, Hockaday
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innovation ecosystems ,university engagement ,innovation community ,academic entrepreneurship ,technology transfer ,open innovation ,Strategy and Management ,Industrial relations ,General Engineering ,innovation ecosystems, university engagement, innovation community, academic entrepreneurship, technology transfer, open innovation ,Law ,Computer Science Applications - Abstract
The paper provides a new perspective for the analysis of academic entrepreneurship dynamics in an evolving open innovation context. Starting from an overview of the innovation (eco) systems approach and a focus on university engagement, we propose a paradigm shift towards the conceptualisation of an innovation community (IC) within and around higher education institutions (HEIs) boundaries. The main goal of the study is to show that the concept of IC can be applied to a knowledge-intensive hub, where open innovation (OI) processes enhance knowledge flows in the context of advanced education programs and spin-off firm creation and management.Our research is explorative in nature and structured around a multiple case study methodology. The outcomes confirm that the IC view can acquire a theoretical relevance when referring to OI contexts involving public, private and institutional sectors. Practical implications include a further framework for both technology transfer operators and institutions.
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- 2022
12. A TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO IMPROVE REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS IN PORTUGAL
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David Nunes Resende and Marco Bravo
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Technology Commercialization ,University Industry Relationship ,Technology Valoriza-tion ,Technology Transfer ,Innovation Ecosystems ,Production management. Operations management ,TS155-194 - Abstract
The objective of this article is to present a successful program that built a National Innovation Network based in the University Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), incubators and science parks.The University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN), which was launched in March 2007, includes 15 Portuguese Universities and select international partners in a 5-Year program funded by the Portuguese government. The main objective has been to accelerate the development of a sustainable, globally competitive, professional technology transfer and commercialization network within Portugal to increase Portugal’s international competitiveness in university–based science, and technology transfer and commercialization. We argue that all initiatives taken place in the project have gotten UTEN network presently run in the Open Innovation paradigm fostered mostly by the TTOs and their own networks and officers. Science and technology based entrepreneurship was increasingly seen as a key element of Portugal’s ability to grow and prosper (UTEN, 2012). Research universities had worked to foster a range of technology transfer and commercialization activities and offices, together with industrial liaison programs, mostly devoted to fostering entrepreneurial environments, launching technology based start-ups, and bringing ideas from the laboratory to the market. UTEN was created to synergize this growth and stimulate new competencies in international technology transfer and commercialization to facilitate industry access to leading markets worldwide. In other words, UTEN is the living example of an Innovation network - an Open Innovation Network launched to contribute to build the necessary relationships between all actors, giving them the necessary knowledge to play their roles. This working paper shows the actions taken to construct UTEN and improve the Portuguese Innovation Ecosystem. These actions follows the patterns observed in other studies – essentially those ones from Resende et al, 2013; McAdam et al., 2012; Philpott et al., 2011; Todorovic et al., 2011; Rogers, 2002; Rogers et al., 2001; Rogers et al., 2000 and Gibson and Rogers, 1994.We have collected data that shows the success of the program based on the results of the first five years of the project.
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- 2016
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13. Putting Innovation in Place: Georgia Tech's Innovation Neighbourhood of Tech Square.
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Giuffrida, Greg, Clark, Jennifer, and Cross, Stephen
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,ECONOMIC development ,TECHNOLOGY transfer ,KNOWLEDGE transfer ,ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,HIGHER education - Abstract
Discussions of university-based economic development practice have evolved from discrete discussions about constituent elements (ex. technology transfer, firm start-ups, etc...) to more integrated discussions about the role of the entrepreneurial university in shaping innovation districts. Policy analysts have identified "innovation ecosystems" connected to anchor institutions in Baltimore, Buffalo, Cambridge, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Diego, and "Tech Square" in Atlanta. These innovation districts share characteristics in common with the "Triple Helix" thesis combining university, industry, and government partners to build innovation neighborhoods connected to anchor institutions. Although the success of these innovation districts has been widely noted, the elements underlying that success have not been systematically identified. This study contributes to this evolving scholarship by examining the development and evolution of Technology Square in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The "triple-helix" thesis articulated by Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff argues successful innovation cultures are fostered by continuous and iterative interaction among universities, governments, and industry. The Brookings Institution's innovation districts model further considers the physical space and relationship culture in which these triple helix interactions manifest: 1) Economic assets (the triple-helix actors); 2) Physical assets (public and private space, infrastructure, and connectivity); and 3) Networking assets (the relationships among the various actors that help advance new ideas). This paper analyzes the "Tech Square" project. It was built from 2001 to 2003 and simultaneously expanded the size and scope of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a major public research university with an urban campus. The project was initially driven by the need for more programming and academic space, but multiple factors shaped it into the foundation of a growing innovation hub. This case study uses a review of the literature on university knowledge and technology transfer; archival records; interviews; contemporary accounts; and mapping to build an ex post evaluation of Tech Square based on evolving theories of innovation district design. This study makes key contributions through a close examination of the physical form of Tech Square and how it was shaped by its particular Triple Helix environment. In addition, the Tech Square case highlights how the U.S. political context of limited government funding for university expansion necessitates a more creative economic development role for universities as anchor institutions. The findings of this study will be of interest to practitioners and scholars of economic development, public policy, urban planning and design, public-private partnerships, and higher education seeking to better understand the evolving role of researchintensive urban universities in building and shaping innovation districts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
14. A TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO IMPROVE REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS IN PORTUGAL.
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Resende, David Nunes and Bravo, Marco
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,TECHNOLOGY transfer - Abstract
The objective of this article is to present a successful program that built a National Innovation Network based in the University Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), incubators and science parks. The University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN), which was launched in March 2007, includes 15 Portuguese Universities and select international partners in a 5-Year program funded by the Portuguese government. The main objective has been to accelerate the development of a sustainable, globally competitive, professional technology transfer and commercialization network within Portugal to increase Portugal's international competitiveness in university- based science, and technology transfer and commercialization. We argue that all initiatives that took place in the project have gotten UTEN network present-ly run in the Open Innovation paradigm fostered mostly by the TTOs and their own networks and officers. Science and technology based entrepreneurship was increasingly seen as a key element of Portugal's ability to grow and prosper (UTEN, 2012). Research universities had worked to foster a range of technology transfer and commercialization activities and offices, together with industrial liaison programs, mostly devoted to fostering entrepreneurial envi-ronments, launching technology based start-ups, and bringing ideas from the laboratory to the market. UTEN was created to synergize this growth and stimulate new competencies in international technology transfer and commercialization to facilitate industry access to leading markets worldwide. In other words, UTEN is the living example of an Innovation network - an Open Innovation Network launched to contribute to build the necessary relationships be-tween all actors, giving them the necessary knowledge to play their roles. This working paper shows the actions taken to construct UTEN and improve the Portuguese Innovation Ecosys-tem. These actions follows the patterns observed in other studies - essentially those ones from Resende et al.,2013; McAdam et al.,2012; Philpott et al.,2011; Todorovic et al.,2011; Rogers, 2002; Rogers et al.,2001; Rogers et al.,2000 etGibson and Rogers, 1994.We have collected data that shows the success of the program based on the results of the first five years of the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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15. How Technology Evolution and Disruption are Defining the World’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Case of Barcelona’s Startup Ecosystem
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Pere Condom-Vilà
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Barcelona ,entrepreneurial ecosystems ,Process (engineering) ,Strategy and Management ,Success factors ,Technological evolution ,Innovation Ecosystems ,Development ,lcsh:Business ,Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ,Policy planning ,startups ,barcelona ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,Regional science ,Technology transfer ,Startups ,Ecosystem ,Business ,Business and International Management ,innovation ecosystems ,lcsh:HF5001-6182 - Abstract
This article provides a critical overview of the development process of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the role played by technology and startups within such process. The analysis focus on the characteristics and components of entrepreneurial ecosystems with special attention to startups, as they are the main actors of these ecosystems. The objectives are reached through a critical literature review. Results show the evolution of these ecosystems, and an in-deep analysis of the role played by startups, big companies and governments in such evolution. The knowledge paradox between universities and startups is also taken into account together with and the importance of cities in the development of successful entrepreneurial ecosystems. We apply the result of our critical review to the analysis of the case of the Barcelona Ecosystem. Last section is devoted to policy implications for the strengthening of entrepreneurial ecosystems with special reference to the universities and the need for a redesign of technology transfer strategies. Success factors analysis and specific policy recommendations can help to a better understanding and policy planning of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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- 2020
16. Effectiveness of Technology Transfer Policies and Legislation in Fostering Entrepreneurial Innovations across Continents: An overview
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David Urbano and Maribel Guerrero
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Entrepreneurship ,Economywide country studies ,Entrepreneurship ecosystems ,Commercial law ,Public policy ,Legislation ,Context (language use) ,Evaluation of public policy efectiveness ,Accounting ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,Entrepreneurial innovations ,N100 ,050207 economics ,Business and International Management ,Innovation ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,General Engineering ,Public relations ,Additional research ,Technology transfer ,Technology transfer policies ,business ,050203 business & management ,Innovation ecosystems - Abstract
The purpose of this article and the special issue is to improve our understanding of the theoretical, managerial, and policy implications of the effectiveness of technology transfer policies on entrepreneurial innovation. We accomplish this objective by examining the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and public policies in the 186 papers published from 1970 to 2019. Our analysis begins by clarifying the definition of entrepreneurial innovations and outlining the published research per context. We then present the seven papers that contribute to this special issue. We conclude by outlining an agenda for additional research on this topic.
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- 2019
17. Research universities, technology transfer, and job creation: what infrastructure, for what training?
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Brodhag, Christian
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TECHNOLOGY transfer , *DIFFUSION of innovations , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *KNOWLEDGE management , *INFORMATION services management , *INDUSTRIAL policy - Abstract
Technology transfer and innovation are considered major drivers of sustainable development; they place knowledge and its dissemination in society at the heart of the development process. This article considers the role of research universities, and how they can interact with key actors and institutions involved in ‘innovation ecosystems’. Considering various approaches of innovation and institutional analysis design (IAD), it proposes an institutional model of innovation where different authorities produce rules and knowledge that can be mobilized and/or changed in their respective action arenas. On this conceptual basis, one initiative is described: integrated poles of excellence (IPEs) for renewable energy in West Africa, which were conceptualized as a resource and knowledge centre connected to project implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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18. From Industry 4.0 to sustainable innovation ecosystems 4.0: what challenges for the innovation intermediaries?
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Delorme, Donatienne, Boldrini, Jean-Claude, Schieb-Bienfait, Nathalie, IDRAC, IDRAC Business School, Ecole supérieure de commerce-Ecole supérieure de commerce, Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique (LEMNA), Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes (IEMN-IAE Nantes), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-FR 3473 Institut universitaire Mer et Littoral (IUML), and École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)
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[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,Innovation intermediaries ,Industry 4.0 ,Technology transfer ,Innovation ecosystems - Abstract
International audience; What does "innovation ecosystem 4.0" really mean, particularly for key actors of innovation ecosystems such as innovation intermediaries? We assume that the public innovation intermediaries will have to take into account the sustainable perspective and reconsider their key missions in networking and in transferring knowledge and technology. After the identification of the new challenges due to some tensions between the implementation of the 4 th revolution (Industry 4.0) and the operationalization of circular economy principles, we have chosen to investigate them, through the public intermediary organization, called Fil'innov, created in 2014 by the University of Nantes (West of France). Given its missions and central position within the innovation ecosystem, Fil'Innov has a major role to play, by orienting and supporting actors towards more sustainable innovation ecosystems. We use a Business Model approach to find out the first steps to promote this orientation towards the sustainable innovation ecosystem, "the Innovation ecosystem 4.0".
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- 2019
19. A TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO IMPROVE REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS IN PORTUGAL
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Marco Bravo and David Nunes Resende
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Entrepreneurship ,Engineering ,Strategy and Management ,Management Science and Operations Research ,050905 science studies ,Commercialization ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Technology Transfer ,University industry relationship ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,0502 economics and business ,Technology commercialization ,Enterprise private network ,lcsh:Production management. Operations management ,Marketing ,Technology transfer ,Open innovation ,Government ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Innovation Ecosystems ,Top-down and bottom-up design ,language.human_language ,Computer Science Applications ,Technology Valoriza-tion ,Technology Commercialization ,language ,Technology valorization ,lcsh:TS155-194 ,0509 other social sciences ,Portuguese ,business ,Construct (philosophy) ,University Industry Relationship ,050203 business & management ,Innovation ecosystems - Abstract
The objective of this article is to present a successful program that built a National Innovation Network based in the University Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), incubators and science parks.The University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN), which was launched in March 2007, includes 15 Portuguese Universities and select international partners in a 5-Year program funded by the Portuguese government. The main objective has been to accelerate the development of a sustainable, globally competitive, professional technology transfer and commercialization network within Portugal to increase Portugal’s international competitiveness in university–based science, and technology transfer and commercialization. We argue that all initiatives taken place in the project have gotten UTEN network presently run in the Open Innovation paradigm fostered mostly by the TTOs and their own networks and officers. Science and technology based entrepreneurship was increasingly seen as a key element of Portugal’s ability to grow and prosper (UTEN, 2012). Research universities had worked to foster a range of technology transfer and commercialization activities and offices, together with industrial liaison programs, mostly devoted to fostering entrepreneurial environments, launching technology based start-ups, and bringing ideas from the laboratory to the market. UTEN was created to synergize this growth and stimulate new competencies in international technology transfer and commercialization to facilitate industry access to leading markets worldwide. In other words, UTEN is the living example of an Innovation network - an Open Innovation Network launched to contribute to build the necessary relationships between all actors, giving them the necessary knowledge to play their roles. This working paper shows the actions taken to construct UTEN and improve the Portuguese Innovation Ecosystem. These actions follows the patterns observed in other studies – essentially those ones from Resende et al, 2013; McAdam et al., 2012; Philpott et al., 2011; Todorovic et al., 2011; Rogers, 2002; Rogers et al., 2001; Rogers et al., 2000 and Gibson and Rogers, 1994.We have collected data that shows the success of the program based on the results of the first five years of the project.
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- 2016
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