The human resource dimension of science-based technology transfer: lessons from Russian RTOs and innovative enterprises

The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2018. Vol. 43. No. 2. P. 368–388.

Zaichenko S. A.

This study addresses ‘science-based’ technology transfer by research and technology organizations (RTO) whose mission is to combine intramural R&D and technology extension for industrial application. The paper is based on a unique database of Russian RTOs relating their science-based activity to technology transfer performance, on the one hand, and the contribution of R&D personnel sourced from universities to R&D output, on the other. The outcomes suggest a positive relationship between RTO scientific publication and technology transfer activity. Moreover, science-based outputs are contributed mostly by researchers coming to RTOs from academia. Such results are important to countries like Russia with many RTOs that play an important intermediary role between science and technological innovation. The study offers more fine-grained results regarding the differential impact of various types of academic personnel inflows in public versus private RTOs.

Keywords: Россия, Russia, innovation, трансфер технологий, инновация, technology transfer, Research and technology organizations, science-based regime, R&D human resources, RTOs, научный режим, человеческие ресурсы сферы исследований и разработок, научно-технологические организации

Publication based on the results of: Study of the activity of innovation process actors: development of the theoretical framework and methodological approaches (2018)