Performance management of technology transfer process: the case of Lithuanian universities

Abstract

Lithuanian Government has the strategy to increase innovative activities and knowledge exchange processes in universities. For the sudden progress universities should have innovation management and entrepreneurship base to coordinate activities from academic society ideas generation process till patenting the invention, starting new business company or commercialize know-how. Practice shows, that all these functions usually are coordinating at technology transfer offices (TTO). The question is, what indicators could show the effectiveness of TTO activities and how TTO structure effects the result? Science results as products of intellect during research or teaching are important objects to assess the effectiveness of TTO in the region. The performance will be analysed by empirical analyze the TTO in Lithuanian universities choosing inventions as performance measure. Different organisational structures will be compared with variables of TTO staff. Results of analyze would be beneficial for universities policy formation regarding technology transfer activities, technology transfer models, strategic approaches, brokerage functions, science-business collaboration.