KT Force - Knowledge as a Value: Regional Implementation Plan

Brett, Valerie and O'Brien, Terry and O'Gorman, William and Corcoran, Tom (2014) KT Force - Knowledge as a Value: Regional Implementation Plan. Project Report. Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford.

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Abstract

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The KTForce INTERREG IVC project involves, at its core. the benchmarking and investigation of best practices in knowledge transfer policies and practices at regional level. Its ultimate goal is to Improve Europe's innovation environment. The project focuses on three components within Knowledge Transfer (KT) and seeks to assess and benchmark these within an innovation and regional development context. KTForce looks at how university-industry relations can be enhanced, how technology licensing can be improved and the Identification of the optimum conditions for creating spin-outs and increasing entrepreneurial activity. Along with a brief contextualisation of the South East Region of Ireland this booklet gives a concise overview of the overall methodology set up and applied over the course of the KT project. Specifically. this booklet provides a characterisation of the South East Region, the focus (however. most data available is only for the Southern and Eastern region). through a regional SWOT analysis supported by detailed illustration of both scenario 0 and future scenarios. based on the analysis of key innovation performance indicators. In considering both practices and policies relevant to knowledge transfer, at national and regional levels. the process for practice selection and implementation and the analysis used for policy benchmarking are also illustrated. This booklet ends with the main conclusions and some policy recommendations resulting from the analysis and work performed over the course of the KT Force project.

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
Additional Information: An EU part funded INTERREG IVC inter-regional project with partners from Ireland (WIT, SERA), Portugal, Germany, Lithuania, France and Romania
Departments or Groups: Centre for Enterprise Development & Regional Economy
Divisions: School of Business > Department of Management and Organization
Depositing User: Terry O'Brien
Date Deposited: 24 Jun 2015 09:46
Last Modified: 22 Aug 2016 10:27
URI: https://repository.wit.ie/id/eprint/3047

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