Pedro Emilio Sanabria Rangel

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.

Marco general de análisis de la formación logística en Colombia

The present work intends to make review on the state of the art of logistics in Colombia that allows to characterize its history and development, understand its current context and understand the demand for training in this area of knowledge. The present work also analyzes the current educational offer in logistics in Colombia at the different levels of formation. The coherence between the social requirements and the current conditions of the academic offer in logistics is studied. For this purpose, a global review of the literature is made in order to understand the state of the art of logistics worldwide, which will be the basis for the discussion; and a local review is also made in order to understand the situation and context of Colombia, especially within the context of the post-conflict. Logistics-related documents of Colombian and international organizations were reviewed to feed the discussion. Afterwards, synthesis and comparisons were made to allow the construction of the theoretical framework for this study. Based on these synthesis and comparisons a general characterization of logistics was made, emphasizing on Colombia and the current situation of the academic offer in logistics. In general terms, it was found that there is a large number of local and international studies on logistics, which is an evidence of the growing concern about this area, and in Colombia this interest in logistics is parallel to the increase in the number of academic programs in this area at different levels of formation. However, there are still issues to review in the different regions and new challenges for the upcoming academic offers.The present work intends to make review on the state of the art of logistics in Colombia that allows to characterize its history and development, understand its current context and understand the demand for training in this area of knowledge. The present work also analyzes the current educational offer in logistics in Colombia at the different levels of formation. The coherence between the social requirements and the current conditions of the academic offer in logistics is studied. For this purpose, a global review of the literature is made in order to understand the state of the art of logistics worldwide, which will be the basis for the discussion; and a local review is also made in order to understand the situation and context of Colombia, especially within the context of the post-conflict. Logistics-related documents of Colombian and international organizations were reviewed to feed the discussion. Afterwards, synthesis and comparisons were made to allow the construction of the theoretical framework for this study. Based on these synthesis and comparisons a general characterization of logistics was made, emphasizing on Colombia and the current situation of the academic offer in logistics. In general terms it was found that there is a large number of local and international studies on logistics, which is an evidence of the growing concern about this area, and in Colombia this interest in logistics is parallel to the increase in the number of academic programs in this area at different levels of formation. However, there are still issues to review in the different regions and new challenges for the upcoming academic offers.

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.