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: Received: 25 January 2023 / Approved: 27 January 2023 / Online: 27 January 2023 (09:33:38 CET)
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Townes, M. The Conceptualization of Technology in Scholarly Research and Public Policy Regarding University Technology Transfer. Preprints2023, 2023010498. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0498.v1
Townes, M. The Conceptualization of Technology in Scholarly Research and Public Policy Regarding University Technology Transfer. Preprints 2023, 2023010498. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0498.v1
Townes, M. The Conceptualization of Technology in Scholarly Research and Public Policy Regarding University Technology Transfer. Preprints2023, 2023010498. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0498.v1
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Townes, M. (2023). The Conceptualization of Technology in Scholarly Research and Public Policy Regarding University Technology Transfer. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0498.v1
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Abstract
This paper presents an alternative conceptualization and definition of technology in the context of university technology transfer. The ambiguity regarding the conceptualization of technology is apparent in the technology transfer literature. An expanded conceptualization of technology potentially opens new approaches to researching the topic of technology transfer. It may also cause policymakers to think more comprehensively about what it means to successfully transfer technologies derived from federally funded research to the private sector for use that benefits the public interest. This paper integrates constructs and ideas in the related literature to provide a new perspective of technology that can support future scholarly research and public policy formulation about technology transfer in general, and university technology transfer specifically. Although the paper focuses on university technology transfer to the private sector in the United States, the insights it presents are relevant to technology transfer more broadly and applicable in other geopolitical contexts.
Keywords
public policy; science policy; technology; technology commercialization; technology transfer; university technology transfer
Subject
Social Sciences, Political Science
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
