Formal university technology transfer mechanisms, through licensing agreements, research joint ventures, and university-based startups, have attracted considerable attention in the academic literature. Surprisingly, there has been little systematic empirical analysis of the propensity of academics to engage in informal technology transfer. This paper presents empirical evidence on the determina...

Technology development (TD) plays a key role in national competitiveness (NC) by giving a country a competitive edge in our age of information. Lots of researchers have focused on specific areas of TD, such as technology transfer, technology acquisition, and technology management, in most of developed countries. To our knowledge, however, they have seldom discussed the influence of TD on other ...

This paper investigates the current issues for conducting technology transfer and innovation processes at food processing enterprises in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. By conducting an extensive qualitative study comprised of 8 in-depth interviews with Executive managers and R&D managers, we identify seven main themes that emerged from the data concerning the specific contents for food processing e...