The adoption of enabling technology to enhance research commercialisation and technology transfer

Abstract

This paper examines how the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway has benefited from implementation of an intellectual property (IP) management tool to enhance its research commercialization outcomes. The paper uses an exploratory research methodology to identify how, in the complex field of innovation management and technology transfer, advances in business process and technology uptake have been achieved. Key themes such as knowledge management in the IP process, policy contextualisation and a discussion of IP management tools are explored and research documents user perspectives from within the Technology Transfer Office to provide an additional dimension to literature and policy review.