Methodology for evaluating higher education institutions and research organizations readiness for technology transfer

An actual applied research task is to assess the involvement of knowledge-intensive sectors in the processes of technological renewal of economic sectors, the creation of new markets for goods and services. In this article, the authors developed a methodological approach aimed at assessing the degree of maturity of business processes in the field of technology transfer for universities and research organizations. As a practical tool made questionnaire of self-assessment to determine the presence or absence of a business process associated with the stages of the cycle of technology transfer

Keywords: technology transfer, commercialization, results of intellectual activity, innovation, maturity model

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