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Technology transfer model for Austrian higher education institutions

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The aim of this paper is to present the findings of a PhD research (Heinzl 2007, Unpublished PhD Thesis) conducted on the Universities of Applied Sciences in Austria. Four of the models that emerge from this research are: Generic Technology Transfer Model (Sect. 5.1); Idiosyncrasies Model for the Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences (Sect. 5.2); Idiosyncrasies-Technology Transfer Effects Model (Sect. 5.3); Idiosyncrasies-Technology Transfer Cumulated Effects Model (Sect. 5.3). The primary and secondary research methods employed for this study are: literature survey, focus groups, participant observation, and interviews. The findings of the research contribute to a conceptual design of a technology transfer system which aims to enhance the higher education institutions’ technology transfer performance.

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  1. This restriction will no longer be valid for students graduating in a bachelor-master-system, as within the harmonization of study programmes according to the Bologna Agreement the duration of study is extended equivalent to university study programmes.

  2. Labourlawtalk, <http://dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/technology%20transfer>, accessed, July 20, 2004.

  3. Knowledge is a term with many meanings depending on context, but is as a rule closely related to such concepts as meaning, information, instruction, communication, representation, learning and mental stimulus. Thus, knowledge can be defined as the awareness and understanding of facts, truths or information gained in the form of experience or learning. Knowledge transfer can be defined as the process through which an organizational unit is affected by the expertise of another (Argote and Ingram 2000).

  4. A spin-off is a new company that is formed by individuals who were former employees of a parent organization, and with a core technology that is transferred from a parent organization (Rogers and Steffensen 1999).

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  1. Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Fachhochschule Vorarlberg GmbH (FHV), Hochschulstr. 1, 6850, Dornbirn, Austria

    Joachim Heinzl

  2. Faculty of Arts, Environment, and Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, LS6 3QS, UK

    Ah-Lian Kor & Graham Orange

  3. School of Business, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Hans Rüdiger Kaufmann

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Heinzl, J., Kor, AL., Orange, G. et al. Technology transfer model for Austrian higher education institutions. J Technol Transf 38, 607–640 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-012-9258-7

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