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• Title:
  COMMERCIALIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN POLAND: PROCESS OR PROCEDURE? ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS IN SELECTED POLISH AND FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES
• Creator:
  Łaskowska, Justyna;
  Zastempowski, Maciej;
  Kalocińska-Szumska, Aleksandra
• Description:
  This article aims to illustrate the different ways of organizing commercialization processes at universities to inspire existing technology transfer offices (TTO) and increase their effectiveness. Its implementation was based on a qualitative study conducted among 4 Polish and 2 foreign (Belgian and Spanish) universities. The study results show that the standardized commercialization system doesn’t exist at Polish universities. Research results present that there are many commercialization models, but it is a rather formal procedure than a system or process. Moreover, polish universities perceive TTO as a part of the administration, even if TTO’s employees have ambitions to build merit potential. Finally, the challenge is combining the research process with commercialization to increase efficiency. Our research presents interesting new approaches concerning commercialization: the flipped knowledge transfer (FKT) and the community engagement research initiative (CERI). It is essential to understand that commercialization starts with a research project not with a research result or patent. Both approaches mention before focusing on social engagement in research first and may have an essential impact on TTO’s effectiveness and the university’s social impact. An interesting option is to implement CERI first and evolve it to FKT to perform university research "from the outside to the inside" approach, i.e. undertaking research work in response to stimuli coming from the social and economic environment.;
  Celem artykułu jest zilustrowanie różnych sposobów organizacji procesów komercjalizacji na uczelniach. Jego podstawą jest badanie jakościowe przeprowadzone wśród 4 polskich i 2 zagranicznych uczelni (belgijskiej i hiszpańskiej). Z wyników badań wynika, że na polskich uczelniach nie istnieje ustandaryzowany system komercjalizacji. Istnieje natomiast wiele modeli komercjalizacji, ale jest to raczej formalna procedura niż system czy proces. Co więcej, polskie uczelnie postrzegają biura transferu technologii (TTO) jako część administracji, nawet jeśli pracownicy TTO mają ambicje budowania potencjału merytorycznego. Wreszcie, wyzwaniem jest połączenie procesu badawczego z komercjalizacją w celu zwiększenia efektywności komercjalizacji.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Justyna Łaskowska, Maciej Zastempowski, Aleksandra Kalocińska-Szumska;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2023.06.30
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Torun International Studies; Vol. 1 No. 17 (2023): A modern model of cooperation between universities and social and business environment. An international context; 65-75;
  Torun International Studies; Tom 1 Nr 17 (2023): A modern model of cooperation between universities and social and business environment. An international context; 65-75;
  2391-7601;
  2391-4920
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/TSM/article/view/43706/35967
• Subject:
  commercialization;
  technology transfer;
  entrepreneurship;
  process;
  knowledge transfer;
  research initiative
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/TSM/article/view/43706
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text