Inside the Black Box: Assessing TTO Performance

Int. J. Inf. Syst. Soc. Chang. Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI:10.4018/IJISSC.2017100101

D. Resende, Xiaowen Yu, Sílvia Gaia, D. Gibson

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Thisarticleusesanoriginalthree-phaseapproachforempiricalassessmentandcomparativeevaluation oftheefficiencyofuniversitytechnologytransfer.Itisbasedonanalysisofinputsandoutputsofa disclosurephasefollowedbyavalue-addphaseandafinallicensephase,usingamultidimensional framework.Theobjectiveis tofinduniversityTechnologyTransferOffice(TTO)efficiencyand effectivenesspatternsforeachphaseaswellasoverallTTprocesses.AnetworkDataEnvelopment Analysis(DEA)modelwasusedtoanalyzeanddescribethecomplicatedTToperationalprocesses usingAssociationofUniversityTechnologyManagersdatacollectedfrom90USuniversityTTOs fortheperiod2007-2013.ItwasconcludedthatthesampledTTOsweremostinefficientintheir value-add(2nd)phaseandthattheaverageoverallefficiencyaswellastheefficiencyofdisclosure (1st)andlicense(3rd)phasesdecreasedduringthelastfiveyearsofdataanalyzed.Inaddition,in linewithotherstudies,analysissupportsthecontentionthatthepresenceofmedicalschooldoesnot increaseTTefficiencyoreffectiveness.Thepresentresearch’scontributionsfocusonthreeareas: (1)AnalysingandmodellingTTOvalorizationandcommercializationprocesswithaUMLactivity diagramtoprovideaclearpictureofTTproceduresandprocesses;(2)Proposingathree-phaseDEA frameworkshowinginput/outputindicatorscloselyrelatedtoeachphaseofprocessesratherthan ablackboxorseparatedactivities;(3)OfferingastrategytoconductempiricalstudiesonTTO’s operationalefficiencytherebyhelpingtobetterunderstandfutureresearchoperationalproblems.

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Thisarticleusesanoriginalthree-phaseapproachforempiricalassessmentandcomparativeevaluation oftheefficiencyofuniversitytechnologytransfer。Itisbasedonanalysisofinputsandoutputsofa disclosurephasefollowedbyavalue-addphaseandafinallicensephase，usingamultidimensional框架。Theobjectiveis tofinduniversityTechnologyTransferOffice(TTO)efficiencyand effectivenesspatternsforeachphaseaswellasoverallTTprocesses。AnetworkDataEnvelopment analyis_ (DEA)modelwasusedtoanalyzeanddescribethecomplicatedTToperationalprocesses usingAssociationofUniversityTechnologyManagersdatacollectedfrom90USuniversityTTOs fortheperiod2007-2013。ItwasconcludedthatthesampledTTOsweremostinefficientintheir value- add_(第二)phaseandthattheaverageoverallefficiencyaswellastheefficiencyofdisclosure(第一)andlicense(第三)phasesdecreasedduringthelastfiveyearsofdataanalyzed。Inaddition，in linewithotherstudies，analysissupportsthecontentionthatthepresenceofmedicalschooldoesnot increaseTTefficiencyoreffectiveness。Thepresentresearch 'scontributionsfocusonthreeareas: > (1)AnalysingandmodellingTTOvalorizationandcommercializationprocesswithaUMLactivity diagramtoprovideaclearpictureofTTproceduresandprocesses; > (2)Proposingathree-phaseDEA frameworkshowinginput/outputindicatorscloselyrelatedtoeachphaseofprocessesratherthan ablackboxorseparatedactivities; > (3)OfferingastrategytoconductempiricalstudiesonTTO ' s >operationalefficiencytherebyhelpingtobetterunderstandfutureresearchoperationalproblems。

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