Assessment Framework For The Evaluation And Prioritization Of University Technologies For Licensing And Commercialization

US corporations have long recognized university related scientific research as an important source of long term economic growth and technological innovation. This dynamic involvement with industry has drastically increased the university technology transfer and licensing activities, and has stretched the human and financial resources of Technology Management and Licensing Offices of many US universities. This research provides a mechanism that can aid in the complex process of properly assessing university-owned technologies and intellectual properties, to identify those with licensing and commercialization potential for the pursuit of truly important breakthrough discoveries. This research focuses on the university technology licensing and commercialization process from the perspectives of those licensing professionals whose firms' activities are engaged in licensing-in university technologies. The objectives of this research are to: 1.Identify the decision factors and licensing determinants that influence or impact the licensing and commercialization of university technologies. 2.Build and conduct a survey among those licensing professionals involved in the technology licensing process to determine the relative importance of each of the licensing determinants identified in the literature review, and their most current and up to date selection criteria for technologies they license. 3.Develop a framework to assist the University Technology Management & Transfer Office's personnel and other stakeholders in the assessment of the potential viability of the university technologies for licensing and commercialization.

Author dc:creator

• Rahal, Ahmad D

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rabelo, Luis

• technology transfer
• technology licensing
• technology commercialization
• technology management
• technology assessment
• university technology
• Engineering

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0000659

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-1490