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13. Found in Translation? On the Transfer of Technological Knowledge from Science to Industry

verfasst von : Anna Bengtson, Susanne Åberg

Erschienen in: Extending the Business Network Approach

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

In this chapter the business network view will be extended by the introduction of an actor with a purpose other than that of business orientation—the scientific organisation. The main purpose of a scientific organisation is the production of knowledge. Few, if any, are questioning the role of science as such, but there is a large debate over the usefulness of science in industry and how this utility can be increased by improved transfer mechanisms. The debate is often unclear concerning what knowledge should be transferred, but in the case of the focal actor, the European Organization for Nuclear Research—CERN—the discussion revolves around the transfer of different kinds of technological knowledge. Thus, in this chapter, we analyse how technological knowledge is transferred from science to industry, and some of the difficulties involved in this task.

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Fußnoten
1
Opposite to this, tacit knowledge is a subjective knowledge linked to the abilities that an individual possesses on the basis of practical experience (Belussi and Pilotti 2002).
 
2
The LHC accelerator is CERN’s newest and biggest accelerator. It accelerates particles up to nearly the speed of light, after which the particles are made to collide at a certain point within a detector.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Found in Translation? On the Transfer of Technological Knowledge from Science to Industry
verfasst von
Anna Bengtson
Susanne Åberg
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53765-2_13

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