Valorisation of university driven research: Investigating the relation between process and outcomes

Knowledge valorisation is the process of creating value from academic knowledge. Value creation from academic knowledge, especially technological research, can serve as a driver of economic growth. Therefore, improving valorisation results, i.e. value creation from academic knowledge is an issue that received a lot of attention the past years....

Barriers to commercialize nanotechnology product innovation and the strategies to overcome the barriers

Nanotechnology has drawn a substantial amount of attention from policy makers and companies all across the globe. This research-intensive field is relatively in its early stages of commercialization. A plethora of large corporations and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) exists in different industries which harness nanotechnology to develop...

Le régime de recherche utilitaire du professeur-consultant au cours de la Seconde Révolution industrielle

This article examines the advent of the consulting professor in universities during the Second In-dustrial Revolution. Several cases of consulting professor have been investigated; but no clear ex-planation of the global phenomenon has been putted forward. This article claims that some profes-sors adopted a utilitarian research regime to...

Entrepreneurial Networks of University Spin-offs: How Social Networks Affect the Growth of Firms

Knowledge can be valorized in many different ways. University spin-offs have proven to be very effective as the knowledge generated in a university or research institute is directly translated into commercial activities. In addition, university spin-offs have played an important role in the economic and innovation growth of the region. While...

Probing applications: How firms manage the commercialisation of fuel cell technology

From space exploration to commercialisation

Space exploration has captured the imagination and dreams of many scientists, engineers and visionaries.The ISS is being built by five ISS partners; NASA, RSA, ESA, CSA and JAXA. ISS commercialisation is the process by which ISS products and services are sold to private companies, without transferring ISS ownership. This thesis has two...

La formation des ingénieurs électrotechniciens au Canada avant la Première Guerre mondiale

Résumé : La formation des ingénieurs électrotechniciens débuta au cours de la Seconde Révolution industrielle (1880-1920) en Europe et en Amérique du Nord. Ce chapitre examine l’établissement du génie électrique au Canada avant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il démontre l’influence de la politique provinciale et des caractéristiques de l’économie...

L'université au service de l'industrie: La vente de services de laboratoire en génie au Canada, 1895-1939

Résumé : Ce chapitre traite demande quand et comment les universités ont commencé à répondre aux besoins de recherche des entreprises privées. Il étudie plus particulièrement la commercialisation des services de laboratoire par les universités pour les tests, le contrôle de la qualité et la normalisation. Le résultat saillant est que les...