The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry
Cultural differences among the stakeholders in the university-industry collaboration space are highlighted as one of the most important barriers in the technology transfer (TT) process. The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) emerges as an important institution to deal with them. Based on a systemati...
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Cultural differences among the stakeholders in the university-industry collaboration space are highlighted as one of the most important barriers in the technology transfer (TT) process. The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) emerges as an important institution to deal with them. Based on a systematic literature review, this study identifies research addressing both topics: TTO and culture. It analyses, through a case study, the main characteristics of the organizational culture of a well-established and successful TTO using the Competing Values Framework. Results show that only limited scientific work emphasizes the nature of organizational culture of the TTO. In addition, the empirical findings show that the culture of the TTO should be an inclusive one comprising an interrelated and ambiguous set of cultural characteristics that embrace the culture of its various stakeholders in a pragmatic, professional, and service-oriented manner. In doing so the TTO bridges information and interpretation asymmetries among them.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a9e9ea4d9a043c3871c7f0668e440f62025-08-20T02:29:11ZengCERNCERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation2413-95052025-05-019110.23726/cij.2025.1571The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and IndustryLillian do Nascimento Gambi0Koenraad Debackere1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-0668Federal University of Viçosa, Rodovia MG-230 – Km 7, 38810-000 Rio Paranaíba, BrazilKU Leuven Research & Development, Waaistraat 6 - box 5105, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Cultural differences among the stakeholders in the university-industry collaboration space are highlighted as one of the most important barriers in the technology transfer (TT) process. The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) emerges as an important institution to deal with them. Based on a systematic literature review, this study identifies research addressing both topics: TTO and culture. It analyses, through a case study, the main characteristics of the organizational culture of a well-established and successful TTO using the Competing Values Framework. Results show that only limited scientific work emphasizes the nature of organizational culture of the TTO. In addition, the empirical findings show that the culture of the TTO should be an inclusive one comprising an interrelated and ambiguous set of cultural characteristics that embrace the culture of its various stakeholders in a pragmatic, professional, and service-oriented manner. In doing so the TTO bridges information and interpretation asymmetries among them. https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/article/view/1571organizational culturetechnology transfer officeinnovationcollaboration |
| spellingShingle | Lillian do Nascimento Gambi Koenraad Debackere The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation organizational culture technology transfer office innovation collaboration |
| title | The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry |
| title_full | The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry |
| title_fullStr | The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry |
| title_short | The Importance of an Inclusive Technology Transfer Office Culture in Linking University and Industry |
| title_sort | importance of an inclusive technology transfer office culture in linking university and industry |
| topic | organizational culture technology transfer office innovation collaboration |
| url | https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/article/view/1571 |
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