University spin-offs as business research and innovation agents
Abstract The results of the research entitled “University Spin-Offs as Business Research and Innovation Agents”, are herein presented. The study covered a period of 2 years (January 2017 to February 2019) and ventured to investigate the relationship between universities and companies, studied as a social constructs. This should facilitate the training of citizens with competencies to achieve the educational objectives of a nation, and of the host communities that nurture universities (the student body) and companies (workers) and, consequently, help to raise the social capacities of the State. An integrated Spin-Off system model is proposed. The epistemic center is made up of the faculty members and students of a university, and two subsystems: University Research and Project Assignment. The system is aligned with the university’s pedagogical model and the creation of University Spin-Offs. Universities provide professionals and technicians to businesses so that they may carry out their tasks. Therefore, companies and their entrepreneurs should investigate reality (by applying a methodology) to obtain proposals and solutions that generate innovations and help them improve the production processes in which they are immersed. Keywords: Innovation; university; productive sectors; spin-off
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | spa |
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Universidad Central de Venezuela
2019
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Online Access: | http://saber.ucv.ve/ojs/index.php/rev_GID/article/view/16998 |
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Summary: | Abstract The results of the research entitled “University Spin-Offs as Business Research and Innovation Agents”, are herein presented. The study covered a period of 2 years (January 2017 to February 2019) and ventured to investigate the relationship between universities and companies, studied as a social constructs. This should facilitate the training of citizens with competencies to achieve the educational objectives of a nation, and of the host communities that nurture universities (the student body) and companies (workers) and, consequently, help to raise the social capacities of the State. An integrated Spin-Off system model is proposed. The epistemic center is made up of the faculty members and students of a university, and two subsystems: University Research and Project Assignment. The system is aligned with the university’s pedagogical model and the creation of University Spin-Offs. Universities provide professionals and technicians to businesses so that they may carry out their tasks. Therefore, companies and their entrepreneurs should investigate reality (by applying a methodology) to obtain proposals and solutions that generate innovations and help them improve the production processes in which they are immersed. Keywords: Innovation; university; productive sectors; spin-off |
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