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http://dx.doi.org/10.7165/wtr2014.3.2.78

Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurial Development through University Business Incubation Process in Thailand  

Wonglimpiyarat, Jarunee (College of Innovation, Thammasat University)
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World Technopolis Review / v.3, no.2, 2014 , pp. 78-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is concerned with the process of technology transfer and commercialization. It is focused on the entrepreneurial development through the university business incubation process of Thailand. The study analyzes the leading university business incubators (UBIs) as well as major science and technology incubators to understand the strategies for commercialization of technology. The analyses of results, based on the Triple Helix model, have shown that the incubation program is one of the major policy mechanisms to support innovation and suggested that UBIs should act as an intermediary between the spheres of university and industry to provide interactive linkages and promote effective utilization of university research. The empirical study provides theoretical and managerial implications on the government policies to support the entrepreneurial development, innovation development and diffusion.
Keywords
Commercialization of technology; Innovation commercialization; Entrepreneurial development; University business incubator (UBI);
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