INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OF MEDICAL DEVICES FOSTERED BY CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITIES OF PRACTITIONERS

Cristina Páez-Avilés, Esteve Juanola-Feliu, Islam Bogachan-Tahirbegi, Mónica Mir, Manel González-Piñero and Josep Samitier
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Cristina Páez-Avilés: Department of Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Bioelectronics and Nano Bioengineering Research Group, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Esteve Juanola-Feliu: Department of Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Bioelectronics and Nano Bioengineering Research Group, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Islam Bogachan-Tahirbegi: Department of Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Bioelectronics and Nano Bioengineering Research Group, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain†Nano Bioengineering Laboratory, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Baldiri Reixac, 10–12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Mónica Mir: #x2020;Nano Bioengineering Laboratory, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Baldiri Reixac, 10–12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain‡The Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER–BBN), Maria de Luna 11, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Manel González-Piñero: #xA7;Department of Public Economy, Political Economy and Spanish Economy, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 690–696, 08034 Barcelona, Spain¶CREB-Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Technical University of Catalonia, Pau Gargallo 5 08028, Barcelona, Spain
Josep Samitier: Department of Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Bioelectronics and Nano Bioengineering Research Group, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain†Nano Bioengineering Laboratory, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Baldiri Reixac, 10–12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain‡The Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER–BBN), Maria de Luna 11, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2015, vol. 19, issue 06, 1-27

Abstract: Commercialisation of emerging technological innovations such as medical devices can be a time-consuming and lengthy process resulting in a market entrance failure. To tackle this general problem, major challenges are being analysed, principally focusing on the role of Communities of Practitioners (CoPs) in the process of effective transfer of high-value emerging technologies from academia to market. Taking a case study approach, this document describes the role of a cross-disciplinary CoP in the technology transfer process within a convergence scenario. The case presented is a sensor array for ischemia detection developed by different practitioners from diverse organisations: university, research institution, hospital, and a scientific park. The analysis also involves the innovation ecosystem where all stakeholders are taken into account. This study contributes to a better understanding of the managerial implications of CoP fostering technology transfer and innovation, principally focused on the current need for new biomedical technologies and tools.

Keywords: CoP; medical devices; innovation; technology transfer; ischemia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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