EPSRC / QinetiQ Chair in Technology Transfer
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Imperial College Business School
Abstract
Businesses and communities develop through successful implementation of new technology. It is widely held that technology transfer is beneficial and should be encouraged, yet there is little theory, and less evidence, particularly for engineering and physical sciences, of what works well in practice and how optimal design is affected by differing industrial and commercial environments. The UK government has increased support for 'third stream' activities, fostering the creation of technology transfer offices in research organisations and universities. But there is no scientific evidence to identify which mechanisms work better than others or how perceived differences in industrial organisation should be reflected in technology transfer processes. This Chair will provide substantial evidence and new ideas, frameworks, models and tools to develop robust mechanisms aimed at improving technology transfer processes.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Erkko Autio (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Acs Zoltan J.
(2013)
Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2013
Acs Zoltan J.
(2011)
Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2012
Anokhin S
(2009)
Operationalizing opportunities in entrepreneurship research: use of data envelopment analysis
in Small Business Economics
Autio E
(2011)
International Entrepreneurship and Capability Development-Qualitative Evidence and Future Research Directions
in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Autio E
(2010)
Intellectual property protection and the formation of entrepreneurial growth aspirations
in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Autio E
(2008)
First- and second-order additionality and learning outcomes in collaborative R&D programs
in Research Policy
| Description | In addition to research output, the outreach activity of the Chair has contributed to policy and evaluation committees and speeches given at policy conferences, workshops and seminars. Professor Autio has given more than 40 such speeches for policy audiences and policy-oriented research audiences including: October 2011: Consultation with UNCTAD regarding the adoption of the GEDI platform for UNCTAD's Entrepreneurship Policy Framework January 2012: Consultation with ERAC regarding the adoption of the GEDI platform |
| First Year Of Impact | 2007 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | EPSRC |
| Amount | £124,596 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 7000033 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | EPSRC |
| Amount | £124,596 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 7000033 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | A Call For Order: Tie-Order Influence on Network Emergence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Montreal, August, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Annual Innovation Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Annual Innovation Lecture, Queens University Belfast, March 31, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Annual Innovation Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Annual Innovation Lecture, University College Dublin, April 2, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Applications of the GEDI index |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Applications of the GEDI index. Plenary speech at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., January 27, 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Awareness landscapes, innovation networks, and institutional entrepreneurship in emerging technological fields |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at Scancor's 20th Anniversary Conference at Stanford University, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Barcelona City Mayor's office, on entrepreneurial city environments |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speech given at the Barcelona City Mayor's office, on entrepreneurial city environments, London, 23 October 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Building momentum strategies for technology adoption. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Building momentum strategies for technology adoption. Keynote speech at Combi 2010 Conference, Helsinki, October 9, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | CBI Working Group on University-Industry Relations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dinner Speech for CBI Working Group on University-Industry Relations, on issues facing university-industry technology transfer, Reading, October 13, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Citris Research and Policy Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speech given at the Citris Research and Policy Symposium, on value creation in knowledge-intensive services, London, July 12, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Contextual Influences on Growth Aspirations of Exit Entrepreneurs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lausanne, June 8-11, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Does internationalization influence organizational advantage? Internationalization, learning and growth in technology-based young firms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, August 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Education and Entrepreneurship Policy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, Education and Entrepreneurship Policy Workshop, on the effect of education on entrepreneurship, Helsinki, Finland, January 29, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Encouraging Entrepreneurship Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speech, Encouraging Entrepreneurship Workshop, on how to encourage entrepreneurship teaching in universities and HEIs, San Sebastian, Spain, April 10, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Entrepreneurship-Marketing Interface Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, Entrepreneurship-Marketing Interface Conference, Cottbus, Germany, June 11. 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Europe Innova Gazelles Policy Forum, Brussels |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Erkko Autio was Chairman of the Europe Innova Gazelles Policy Forum, Brussels, Belgium, April 7-8, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Europe Innova Gazelles policy workshop, Valencia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Erkko Autio was Chairman of the Europe Innova Gazelles policy workshop, Valencia, Spain, November 28-29, 2006 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | European Entrepreneurship Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel Speech, European Entrepreneurship Forum, on high-growth entrepreneurship support and policy, Lille, France, September 9, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | European Innovation Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speech and discussion paper, European Innovation Roundtable, on the challenge of high-growth entrepreneurship for European innovation policy, London, June 20, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | European Policy Makers' Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speech, European Policy Makers' Workshop, on entrepreneurship and technology transfer, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 20-21, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | European launch of the GEDI index |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | European launch of the GEDI index, London, March 1, 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Exit Experience, Social Norms, and Entrepreneurial Growth Aspirations: A Multi-Level Analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Montreal, August 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Global Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speech given at the Global Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Conference, on institutional influences on knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship, Washington, D.C., October 2, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Holyrood Policy Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, Holyrood Policy Conference, on innovative entrepreneurship, Glasgow, February 25, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | How project-based new firms use the tie-order strategies to influence network outcomes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | IED Best Practice in Internationalisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Session facilitation: IED Best Practice in Internationalisation. Imperial College, February 25, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Innoviews Policy Seminar, on high-growth entrepreneurship support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, Innoviews Policy Seminar, on high-growth entrepreneurship support, Tallinn, Estonia, April 25-26, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Institutional Influences on HighGrowth Entrepreneurship |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lausanne, June 8-11, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Keynote speech at G-Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech at G-Forum (Deutsche Grundnungsforum) on high-growth entrepreneurship. Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2006 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | Keynote speech at High-Growth Entrepreneurship Policy Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech at High-Growth Entrepreneurship Policy Conference, on high-growth entrepreneurship policy. Madrid, Spain, November 16, 2006 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | Managing born global internationalisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Managing born global internationalisation. Keynote speech at the High Technology Small Firms Conference, Twente, May 27, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Managing technology platforms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Managing technology platforms. Dinner speech at the Open Innovation Forum, Billund, March 28, 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Managing technology transfer in basic technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Managing technology transfer in basic technologies. Speech to EPSRC Basic Technology Programme, Manchester, May 19, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Meeting, on supporting high-growth entrepreneurship |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speech give to the IFC Policy Meeting, on supporting high-growth entrepreneurship, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Multi-level approaches to understanding entrepreneurial action. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Multi-level approaches to understanding entrepreneurial action. Plenary speech. 5th Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Cartagena, Colombia, October 8, 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | National Foundations for Teaching Entrepreneurship Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speech, National Foundations for Teaching Entrepreneurship Meeting, on education and entrepreneurship, London, October 9, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | National Innovation Agency Tekes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, National Innovation Agency Tekes, on supporting growth oriented companies, Helsinki, January 16, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Northern Irish Innovation Support professionals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speech for Northern Irish Innovation Support professionals, on issues facing university-industry technology transfer, Belfast, April 3, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial action. Seminar speech at Tillburg University, November 18, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Organizational Capabilities and Entrepreneurial Internationalization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Montreal, August 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Organizational Capabilities and Entrepreneurial Internationalization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of International Business Conference, Sao Paulo, June 25 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Proof of Concept Programme Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speech, Proof of Concept Programme Symposium, on technology transfer and entrepreneurship in physical sciences, Glasgow, March 10, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | The growth of young innovative firms: Bottlenecks and drivers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The growth of young innovative firms: Bottlenecks and drivers. National Technology Agency Tekes, Helsinki, April 14, 2010 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | The impact of internationalisation of research on firm market value. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Best Paper Proceedings, 2008 AIB Conference, Milan, June 30 - July 3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Tilting the playing field: Towards a strategic theory of endogenous action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, 2008 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Towards entrepreneurial nations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Towards entrepreneurial nations. Keynote speech, National University of Singapore, April 20, 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Trends and Policies in Supporting Start-Ups Policy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, Trends and Policies in Supporting Start-Ups Policy Workshop, Milan, Italy, November 23, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | UK Department of Treasury |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speech to the UK Department of Treasury, on SMEs, job creation and policy, London, March 26, 2009 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | UNICO Conference on technology transfer and entrepreneurship in physical sciences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote Speech, UNICO Conference, on technology transfer and entrepreneurship in physical sciences, Nottingham, December 7, 2007 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | You think, therefore, I become: Social attitudes and the transition to entrepreneurship |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | eBRF Conference, on boosting growth through open source externality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech, eBRF Conference, on boosting growth through open source externality, Tampere, November 30, 2006 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |