Overview Case Analysis Applied to Evaluate Technology Transfer Projects of a Mexican Public University

Authors

  • Luis Roberto Roberto Vega-González Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y desarrollo Tecnológico UNAM
  • Roberto Misael Vega Salinas Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242018000300090

Keywords:

technology, transfer, projects, rapid evaluation

Abstract

The objective of this work is to propose a rapid methodology called Overview Case Analysis (OCA) to analyze in a synthetic and simple form, the tremendous amount of information that is created through the years in a technology transfer project. Using OCA analyst can rapidly detect the project highlights along its critical path of the technology transfer project. At the end of the evaluation process, qualification of the project performance is performed using a coarse scale to measure the technology transfer capacity of the participant organizations. To prove the methodology proposed, we explore the economic and social impact results of some technology transfer projects developed by academic groups of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, by its Spanish acronym). The conclusion is that in order to have a successful TTP, at least three conditions are necessary: (a) the project must be handled by an efficient technology transfer team (T3); (b) the technology transferred must be mature; and (c) the technology transferred must have economic and social impacts for the final organization or other users inside the receiver country.

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Author Biographies

Luis Roberto Roberto Vega-González, Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y desarrollo Tecnológico UNAM

Coordinador de Vinculación y Gestión Tecnológica Coordinador

Roberto Misael Vega Salinas, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Associated professor

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2018-10-30

How to Cite

Vega-González, L. R. R., & Salinas, R. M. V. (2018). Overview Case Analysis Applied to Evaluate Technology Transfer Projects of a Mexican Public University. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 13(3), 90–103. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242018000300090

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