Technology Transfer, Sustainability, and Development, Worldwide and in Romania

Lisa Craiut, Constantin Bungau (), Tudor Bungau (), Cristian Grava, Pavel Otrisal and Andrei-Flavius Radu
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Lisa Craiut: Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Constantin Bungau: Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Tudor Bungau: Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Constructions Program of Study, Faculty of Constructions, Cadaster and Architecture, University of Oradea, 410058 Oradea, Romania
Cristian Grava: Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Pavel Otrisal: Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Třída Míru 117, 77111 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Andrei-Flavius Radu: Doctoral School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-33

Abstract: Technology transfer (TT) is a mechanism designed to accurately make knowledge, innovations, and advancements available to the general population. TT is conducted through scientific papers, educational and governmental initiatives, and the commercialization of technology. The TT process per se is complex, involving many stakeholders and factors that can impact implementation. Feasibility studies are needed to assess the types of technology that can be transferred, the economic options to be chosen, and to stimulate the receptive part, making understandable the whole transfer flow. Furthermore, TT involves a dynamic mechanism that has advanced with the development of technology, with different linear, non-linear, and alternative models being proposed and scientifically validated, and with the possibility of addressing different perceptions of the factors involved. The international TT level, as well as the level of innovation in the economic context, differs from nation to nation. The need for this paper is based on the lack of a comprehensive detailed presentation of the TT infrastructural concept, approached in a novel and in-depth way by assessing international TT, technology flow, technology distribution and expansion, collaborative networks, TT centers and TT models, regional operational programs etc., all of which are related to national/international legislation and sustainable development. The deficit of representation and implementation of this concept in Romania was also covered, the assessment providing the current status and suggesting the need to develop and optimize the implementation of TT in this country.

Keywords: technology transfer; sustainability; development; innovation; productivity; knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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