From universities and research centers this could be supported by the following tools:
– Encourage the participation of researchers in innovation projects, linked to companies.
– To favor the management of the intellectual property of the research results, as well as the transfer.
– Encourage the formation of research networks between various disciplines.
– Develop a system that integrates the census of technologies under development and completed technological solutions.
– Define strategic research focuses with the purpose of promoting joint research programs with industry, with a national and international dimension.
– Create links and joint academic programs between schools and faculties of engineering, arts and social sciences, and business.
– Be clear that it is not enough to have an invention from the academic field, what is really essential is to ensure that this invention becomes a true technological solution that can be adopted by people and the market.
– Evaluate the relevance of transferring technology to already existing small companies, versus starting from the creation of university spin-offs, in order to accelerate the innovation process.
Companies should consider the following:
– Collaboration with universities must be based on a mutual understanding of the innovation process, which is highly uncertain and long-term.
– Collaborate in the development and maturation of new technologies (take them from laboratory scale to the “proof of industrial concept”), which can be translated into investment prospects, capable of contributing to raising the level of competitiveness.
– Support the emergence of new technological solutions that have a wide possibility of adding value to shareholders and to society as a whole.
– Establish a series of conferences or regular conversations on the challenges of the industry and disseminate them with universities and research centers in the search for alliances to solve them.
– Establish joint laboratories with universities and research centers to promote cooperation in research and innovation.
– Promote the creation of research centers in conjunction with universities, in which advanced research is carried out, on priority lines due to their industrial relevance and social interest.