Universities have for over the years develop new and better ideas such as creating technology transfer offices to market their technologies. This has to an extent harmonised the sector as well as create some tasks here and there. For instance, there has been an increase in some challenges that these offices face with a major reason being limited funds to carry on with the technology transfer activities. Thus, these TTOs are compelled to advance new means by developing and implementing new business models that can generate them more income. However, our claim here is to know the extent that dynamic capabilities (sensing and seizing opportunities as well as reconfiguring the business models) can influence the successful implementation of a business model. Over the last two decades, researchers have gradually moved from the traditional ways which involve teaching and carrying out research to a more advanced way involving the creation and filing of patents as well as the creation of spin-offs. This shift has to an extent complicated the system due to the challenges faced by most scholars in managing both activities. This research in the third part also seeks to deepen the link between the frustration academics may perceive in carrying out their job and their entrepreneurial attitudes, intentions, and behaviours. The research is carried out at an individual level crossing psychological and managerial literature permitting us to understand the role of academic passion and frustration and the antecedents of spinoff intentions. The survey is structured in two phases where the first is to test for the reliability of the elements or factors that are used in measuring the validity of the constructs. The results of this section clearly indicate the validity of the measurements after a series of analytical testing (factor analysis with Cronbach’s Alpha) was carried out. In the second part (after testing and approving the measurements), a snowball technique shall be applied to increase the sample. The results shall permit us to obtain more accurate and complete results which shall help us in verifying the hypothesis. Generally, the first paper aims at focusing just on a specific part of an enormous literature dealing with technology transfer from Academia, and to carry out a systematic review of the literature on the economic exploitation of the knowledge produced (in any form) and sold by universities. The results show that licensing is the channel most used by researchers or by universities in order to market their knowledge which also accrues much income to these institutions. The second paper aimed at bringing out the role play by dynamic capabilities in the evolution of the business model in universities’ technology transfer offices. In this section, we focused on the role played by dynamic capabilities in building up new business models in the TTOs where we explained and demonstrated detailly the concepts of sensing, seizing and reconfiguring proposed by Teece (2006, 2007). The results indicated that a greater part of the TTO representatives that were interviewed were involve in seizing opportunities to build up their business models. Whereas only few of them sensed these opportunities from the start since most of the TTOs were young with limited staff from diverse backgrounds. Meanwhile, reconfiguring new business model was least thought of since they focus only on technology transfer.

Entrepreneurship, technology transfer and business model evolution in Academia: / Stephen Ndula Mbieke , 2020 Sep 18. 32. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2018/2019.

Entrepreneurship, technology transfer and business model evolution in Academia:

MBIEKE, STEPHEN NDULA
2020-09-18

Abstract

Universities have for over the years develop new and better ideas such as creating technology transfer offices to market their technologies. This has to an extent harmonised the sector as well as create some tasks here and there. For instance, there has been an increase in some challenges that these offices face with a major reason being limited funds to carry on with the technology transfer activities. Thus, these TTOs are compelled to advance new means by developing and implementing new business models that can generate them more income. However, our claim here is to know the extent that dynamic capabilities (sensing and seizing opportunities as well as reconfiguring the business models) can influence the successful implementation of a business model. Over the last two decades, researchers have gradually moved from the traditional ways which involve teaching and carrying out research to a more advanced way involving the creation and filing of patents as well as the creation of spin-offs. This shift has to an extent complicated the system due to the challenges faced by most scholars in managing both activities. This research in the third part also seeks to deepen the link between the frustration academics may perceive in carrying out their job and their entrepreneurial attitudes, intentions, and behaviours. The research is carried out at an individual level crossing psychological and managerial literature permitting us to understand the role of academic passion and frustration and the antecedents of spinoff intentions. The survey is structured in two phases where the first is to test for the reliability of the elements or factors that are used in measuring the validity of the constructs. The results of this section clearly indicate the validity of the measurements after a series of analytical testing (factor analysis with Cronbach’s Alpha) was carried out. In the second part (after testing and approving the measurements), a snowball technique shall be applied to increase the sample. The results shall permit us to obtain more accurate and complete results which shall help us in verifying the hypothesis. Generally, the first paper aims at focusing just on a specific part of an enormous literature dealing with technology transfer from Academia, and to carry out a systematic review of the literature on the economic exploitation of the knowledge produced (in any form) and sold by universities. The results show that licensing is the channel most used by researchers or by universities in order to market their knowledge which also accrues much income to these institutions. The second paper aimed at bringing out the role play by dynamic capabilities in the evolution of the business model in universities’ technology transfer offices. In this section, we focused on the role played by dynamic capabilities in building up new business models in the TTOs where we explained and demonstrated detailly the concepts of sensing, seizing and reconfiguring proposed by Teece (2006, 2007). The results indicated that a greater part of the TTO representatives that were interviewed were involve in seizing opportunities to build up their business models. Whereas only few of them sensed these opportunities from the start since most of the TTOs were young with limited staff from diverse backgrounds. Meanwhile, reconfiguring new business model was least thought of since they focus only on technology transfer.
18-set-2020
Licensing; commercialisation; TTO, Academia; patent, spin-off;
Entrepreneurship, technology transfer and business model evolution in Academia: / Stephen Ndula Mbieke , 2020 Sep 18. 32. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2018/2019.
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