Abstract

CASTILLO-VERGARA, Mauricio  and  ALVAREZ-MARIN, Alejandro. Transfer of Research in Higher Education Institutions by Spin-Off. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.3, pp.523-545. ISSN 1409-4703.

This essay aims to analyze the current situation regarding the concept of Spin-Off in Chile as a mechanism that universities can use to transfer results of public research into the economic system. Even though the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship is recognized for the development of enterprising universities, the Spin-Off from the universities has not been stimulated. This essay focuses on contextualizing the development of Spin-Off in countries in North America and Europe and emphasize the factors that have allowed its birth, growth and key results in those nations. Its main objective is to identify and provide guidance to stimulate the development of Spin-Off universities in Chile. It is concluded that business models are important for the commercialization of the research results, as is the role that the research team plays, and should consider strategies to encourage the team's own skills in addition to the technical profile. Chile has a great opportunity to lead the development of this line of growth in Latin America, using the experience from the international cases.

Keywords : Research transfer; technology transfer; innovation; entrepreneurship; higher education; spin-off; Chile..

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