Building Sustainable Development through Technology Transfer Offices: An Approach Based on Levels of Maturity

Adriano Mesquita Soares, João Luiz Kovaleski, Silvia Gaia and Daiane Maria de Genaro Chiroli
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Adriano Mesquita Soares: Department of Business, Faculdade Sagrada Família (FASF), Ponta Grossa, PR 84010-760, Brazil
João Luiz Kovaleski: Department of Industrial Engineering and Post-graduation in Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology—Paraná (UTFPR), Ponta Grossa, PR 84017-220, Brazil
Silvia Gaia: Department of Industrial Engineering and Post-graduation in Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology—Paraná (UTFPR), Ponta Grossa, PR 84017-220, Brazil
Daiane Maria de Genaro Chiroli: Department of Industrial Engineering and Post-graduation in Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology—Paraná (UTFPR), Ponta Grossa, PR 84017-220, Brazil

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-22

Abstract: This study focuses on how technology transfer offices’ (TTO) maturity level influences sustainable development in developing countries. A method for defining the maturity level of technology transfer offices was developed based on criteria, dimensions and variables from a comprehensive literature review. Technology transfer specialists were responsible for attaching weight to elements using the multicriteria method, fuzzy simple additive weighting. Results provided an important overview of 105 Brazilian TTOs, their maturity level and the impact on sustainable development.

Keywords: technology transfer; technology transfer offices; maturity level; sustainable development; sustainability; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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