Transferring technology from university to rural industry within a developing economy context: The case for nurturing communities of practice |
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| Authors: | Nicholas Theodorakopoulos Deycy Janeth Sánchez Preciado David Bennett |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Aston University, Aston Business School, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, West Midlands B4 7ET, UK;2. University of Cauca, Popayán, Colombia;3. Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;4. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia;1. Department of Communications and Networking, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, P.O. Box 13000, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland;2. Department of Marketing and International Business, Turku School of Economics, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland;1. DFG Research Training Program ‘The Economics of Innovative Change’, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Carl-Zeiss Str. 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany;2. National Centre for Technology Management, PMB 012, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;3. South African Research Chair on Innovation (SARChI), Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa;1. Faculdade de Tecnologia de Sorocaba, Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza (CEETPS), Av. Eng. Carlos Reinaldo Mendes, 2015, Alto da Boa Vista., 18013-280, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil;2. Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (EPUSP), Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2231, 05508-030 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The primary aim of this paper is to demonstrate how technology transfer between universities and rural industries in developing countries can be achieved effectively, using independent research and advisory centres as intermediaries. It draws on a longitudinal action research study, which experiments with the process of nurturing and bridging communities of practice amongst recipients of technology and stakeholders concerned with technology diffusion, productivity and economic development. Its empirical evidence is from an academic-related, non-government intervention initiative targeting two small-scale industries, namely fish farming and coffee production, in the Cauca region of Colombia. Results demonstrate how barriers to transfer can be overcome. The intervention is considered as instrumental; its key components and outcomes are discussed in detail. |
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