Browsing by Subject "Technology transfer"

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R&D and knowledge dynamics in university-industry relationships in biotech and pharmaceuticals
an agent-based model
(2011) Pyka, Andreas; Scholz, Ramon; Triulzi, Giorgio
In the last two decades, University-Industry Relationships have played an outstanding role in shaping innovation activities in Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. Despite the growing importance and the considerable scope of these relationships, there still is an intensive and open debate on their short and long term effects on the research system in life sciences. So far, the extensive literature on this topic has not been able to provide a widely accepted answer. This work introduces a new way to analyse University-Industry Relationships (UIRs) which makes use of an agent-based simulation model. With the help of simulation experiments and the comparison of different scenario results, new insights on the effects of these relationships on the innovativeness of the research system can be gained. In particular, focusing on knowledge interactions among heterogeneous actors, we show that: (i) universities tend to shift from a basic to an applied research orientation as a consequence of relationships with industry, (ii) universities? innovative capabilities benefit from industry financial resources but not so much from cognitive resources of the companies, (iii) biotech companies? innovative capabilities largely benefit from the knowledge interaction with universities and (iv) adequate policies in terms of public basic research funding can contrast the negative effects of UIRs on university research orientation.
The roles of field assistant of pesticide company in Indonesia: a qualitative study
Yulianti, A; Istriningsih,; Dewi, Y A; Hanifah, V W; Herteddy, D; Suib, E; Sarwani, M
The pesticide market in Indonesia is highly competitive which leads the companies to constantly develop marketing strategies. Pesticide companies assign Field Assistants (FAs) to execute the promotional efforts and knowledge delivery to farmers to increase the sale. This study aimed to investigate FA roles as a promotional agent in technology dissemination to support their tasks in demand creation and technology adoption, respectively. The study was conducted from October to December 2020 in North Sumatra Province. Data was collected by interviewing individual FA representing five pesticide companies, both multinational and local companies. The descriptive qualitative method was used by employing an inductive theoretical model, then analyzed with coding techniques using NVivo. The result revealed that among 10 emerging roles from coding, the most dominant role was stakeholders’ engagement; whilst the least one was understanding farmers’ problems. The role also addressed an environmental issue through a stewardship program funded by the company. There were variations in the implementation of those roles among companies due to their limiting factors. Thus, FA roles are mainly working on promotional efforts embedded with extension activities in terms of knowledge transfer to farmers, technical advisory, on-farm demonstration plot, and expose or farmer field day.
Studies on informal research collaborations and knowledge transfer
empirical evidence from the micro-level
(2013) Fier, Heide; Pyka, Andreas
Large scale surveys among innovating organizations have shown that especially in science based industries informal R&D agreements are regarded to play a crucial role for the knowledge acquisition and knowledge generation processes of innovating organizations (e.g. firms). While there are various studies that examine the consequences of formal R&D agreements for the knowledge generation and transfer activities of innovating organizations, the micro level empirical evidence on informal R&D agreements and the resulting consequences for the knowledge dynamics of innovating organizations is rare. This is mostly due to the fact that informal R&D agreements are difficult to define and measure. This thesis consists of four empirical parts that all touch upon the issue of informal R&D partnerships and provides more micro level evidence on both, the formation motives and consequences of informal R&D collaborations.