University knowledge transfer: exploring organisational structures to create strategic alignment
Alexander, AT; Miller, K
Date: 21 December 2017
Journal
International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
Publisher
Inderscience
Publisher DOI
Abstract
Whilst knowledge and technology transfer unarguably present an
important source of wealth for a nation and an important component of a
modern University’s offering to society, the management of this activity is
complex and as a result many economies struggle to realise their
expectations. Academics and commercial organisations are ...
Whilst knowledge and technology transfer unarguably present an
important source of wealth for a nation and an important component of a
modern University’s offering to society, the management of this activity is
complex and as a result many economies struggle to realise their
expectations. Academics and commercial organisations are quick to blame
inflexible and bureaucratic university transfer offices and administrators
for this shortfall. This paper takes an approach of exploring the structural
arrangements of knowledge transfer offices across various countries to
identify if different structures help overcome different strategic and
operational challenges involved in university-industry knowledge transfer.
The findings identify that interdependent and complex management
practices coupled with equally complex organisational architectures lead
to issues of conflicting pressures and ambiguous governance.
Furthermore, this research illustrates a number of ‘structural’ solutions
that universities have adopted to try to side-step some of the problems.
Management
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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