María Eugenia Morales Rubiano

Research Results Transfer towards the Productive Sector via Research Collaboration in Four Colombian Public Universities

This article shows the determining factors in the research results transfer towards the productive sector via research collaboration in four Colombian public universities. Thirty heads of units in the aforementioned universities were interviewed, which served to determine eleven cases of study and conduct interviews with thirty-five participants ranging from researchers, participant in formation and business people, in each case, it was found that especially in the last decade universities have turned to creating capacities for research collaboration as well as an openness in participants to create links that not only go in favor of enriching the productive sector but also in strengthening formation and research processes. It was concluded that there is a recent growing interest in the different actors in strengthening the bonds between the universities and the productive sector, though there may be some difficulties in the process of research collaboration due to the lack of an appropriate regulatory framework.

Factores determinantes y tendencias de la transferencia de resultados de investigación universitaria al sector productivo

This article seeks to identify the determinant factors and trends in the university research results transfer towards the productive sector. It is a review of academic articles on the subject that have been published between 1994 and 2014, and also a collection of international cases was carried out. The identified factors were grouped in: university approach, mechanisms and liaison units, profile and position of the actors, research and transfer process, internal capabilities of the university and surrounding conditions. Regarding the trends in the developed nations there is a step towards formal transfer relations between several organizations, especially based on private funding.