Virginia Guadalupe López Torres

An Institutional Framework to Explain the University-Industry Technology Transfer in a Public University of Mexico

In the last years, studies and modifications to the science and technology regulatory framework in Mexico show the increase in the attention to transfer the research results of professors and researchers from higher education institutions, towards the productive sector with the purpose of generating regional, national and international growth and development. This study has conducted to the search of the factors that determine the increase of linkage activities and technology transfer. Based on the literature review, this study develops a framework integrated with the factors considered that have a significantly impact in the university-industry linkage and technology transfer. The proposed independent variables are the following: Institutional Factors, Academic Profile, and Innovation.

Los bienes tecnológicos de los Centros Conacyt y su transferencia, estudio longitudinal 2000-2013

Ressources technologiques des centres Conacyt et leur transfert, etude longitudinale 2000-2013L’etude porte sur le statut de la propriete industrielle des centres Conacyt et de son transfert. La recherche est basee sur une etude menee dans 18 centres, avec des informations obtenues au moyen d’un questionnaire et des rapports d’activite. Les resultats indiquent que 30% des brevets deposes a l’etranger, ont ete transferes aux secteurs productifs, tandis que seuls 9% des brevets deposes au Mexique ont ete transferes. Cela represente une opportunite de partager des connaissances et de creer un avantage concurrentiel.