Managing R&D and Innovation Projects: An Integrated Conceptual Model for Technology Transfer

António Rocha, Rui M. Lima, Marlene Amorim, Fernando Romero () and Manuela Cruz-Cunha
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António Rocha: Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal
Rui M. Lima: ��ALGORITMI Research Centre, Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering of the University of Minho, Portugal
Marlene Amorim: ��GOVCOPP, Governance Competitiveness and Public Policies, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Manuela Cruz-Cunha: �2Ai - School of Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2022, vol. 19, issue 08, 1-27

Abstract: Projects start with an idea, which is deployed into a set of actions to deliver expected or foreseen outcomes, and they should be carried out in a cohesive and unified context. In this paper, contributions are devised to integrate project management and technology transfer practices to drive the transformation of knowledge into innovation within the scope of research and development projects at universities and research laboratories or centers. These contributions are presented in the form of a conceptual model that includes three interrelated groups. The first group is focused on project ideas’ definition and selection, the second group on project management, and the third group on knowledge and technology transfer, these groups are supported by improvement, innovation and project management guidelines and standards. To obtain insights to define the model, quantitative and qualitative methods have been used and the data was processed using content analysis and descriptive and inferential techniques meant to ensure the complementarity of the data to obtain a holistic understanding of the practices under analysis. The approach was exploratory and descriptive, but also analytical in the sense that it states the issues at stake to support project management and technology transfer.

Keywords: Research and development; project management; technology evaluation and licensing; technology transfer; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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