An analysis of how enterprises are helped to participate in OpIn through government policies in order to commercialize the knowledge originated through R&D, science, and education and in the market (competition, labor market) and in the firms' dynamics (entrepreneurship, interactions) is applied to Mexico (Graf & Brau 2013).
To a very large extent, however, Africa's progress will depend on her capacity to nurture researchers and thinkers who are able 'to understand, interpret, select, adapt, use, transmit, diffuse, produce, and commercialize scientific knowledge in ways appropriate to its culture, aspirations, and level of development' (p.iv) [ 5].
Until recently, there were no formal technology-transfer programs in Canada, and the few enthusiasts typically entered the profession through paid or unpaid internships in tech-transfer offices (read this Next Wave article for an example) or after taking MBA courses that specialize in commercializing scientific knowledge.
The business and industrial partners are generally interested in opportunities to commercialize newly created knowledge.
It is now generally accepted that Africa's progress depends on her 'ability to understand, interpret, select, adapt, use, transmit, diffuse, produce, and commercialize scientific and technological knowledge in ways appropriate to [her] culture, aspirations, and level of development' (3, p. iv).
"It's about things that are commercial, commercializing everything, commercializing the revolution," he says.
However, transgenic plants cannot be commercialized before integrating all the knowledge on bottlenecks for improving P efficiency of crops/pastures.
The social structure of the regional economy in which a university is embedded will strongly influence the density of contacts linking university scientists with individuals in industry, and through doing so, impact the density of networks through which university knowledge can be commercialized.
The partners of the project — which also includes the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation HKSTPP) — said the aim is to "advance the frontiers of AI," which includes helping startups commercialize their technology, develop ideas and promote knowledge sharing in the AI field.
Universities and other public sector knowledge-producers are under pressure to commercialize their work and secure income-generating IP: this raises questions over the 'public good' status of knowledge.
