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Entrepreneurial universities: Modelling the link between innovation producers and innovation users shows that team structures in the tech transfer function improves performance

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  • Charles Mondal

    (Computing & Maths, Kingston University, KT1 2EE, London, UK)

  • Mousa Al-Kfairy

    (College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi 144534, United Arab Emirates)

  • Robert B. Mellor

    (Computing & Maths, Kingston University, KT1 2EE, London, UK)

Abstract

To investigate successful technology transfer, the potential path of innovations from the university research bench to the knowledge recipient is modelled. Universities exist in highly regulated environments and the initial path of decision-making is a hierarchical model and where decisions flow upward from manager to manager until a small number of candidate innovations for commercialization remain. These are then routed for further processing to the link connecting to the knowledge recipient, the Technology Transfer Office (TTO). In the TTO, a hierarchical decision-making model can be acceptable in terms of outcomes, but ambidextrous co-operative team structures are much superior in cases where staff have good insight and decision-making abilities. This report represents the first Structured Equation Model investigation of the management architecture of a TTO.

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  • Charles Mondal & Mousa Al-Kfairy & Robert B. Mellor, 2024. "Entrepreneurial universities: Modelling the link between innovation producers and innovation users shows that team structures in the tech transfer function improves performance," Economic Analysis Letters, Anser Press, vol. 3(2), pages 26-33, June.
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