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Technology Transfer from South African Technology Stations to Their SME Clients

A Case Study of the Twelve Technology Stations

By: Leisl Joanne Neskakis

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Technology Transfer from South African Technology Stations to Their SME Clients

A Case Study of the Twelve Technology Stations

By: Leisl Joanne Neskakis

It is widely held that technology transfer is closely linked to a nation's economic development. For this reason, the South African government assigned twelve technology stations to support small and medium sized enterprises (SME). The main aim of these stations is the transfer of technology from the universities, where they are housed, to the SMEs in scientific areas ranging from biotechnology to agriculture. This study delivers a detailed analysis of each technology station and offers an explanation as to why some technology stations are more successful than others. This study focuses on the influence of the organizational culture on technology transfer and employs Cultural Theory to analyze, categorize and thereby compare the culture types of the organizations being studied. A few other interesting discoveries are also made by this study: that Grid/Group Cultural Theory can be utilized in the methodology of a study to determine the organizational culture of any organization; that if the impact of organizational culture on technology transfer can be determined empirically, then the impact of organizational culture on other factors can also be determined empirically; and that if organizational culture can be used to determine the success of technology transfer, then it can probably determine the success of other organizations, irrespective of what service that organization provides.

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Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

By: Leisl Joanne Neskakis

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Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

By: Leisl Joanne Neskakis

The overarching aim of this study is to analyse what researchers in South African higher education institutes and science councils mean by the term 'utilisation' ? i.e. what do researchers mean when they indicate that their research findings are being utilised. The data used to conduct this analysis is taken from a national survey, conducted for the purpose of establishing the extent to which research finding in South Africa are utilised. The author played an active role in this survey component of the research conducted for the South African National Advisory Committee on Innovation (NACI). The study also covers the specific dynamics of the utilisation process: How does research utilisation occur and what are the key variables in this process? In answering this question, the author discusses five prominent models of knowledge utilisation that have been put forward over the past three decades: The Two-Communities theory of Norman Caplan (1979); The three models of policy research of Carol Weiss (1991); The Triple Helix model of Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff (1996); The three policy paradigms of Barry Bozeman (1994); and The Contingency Effectiveness model of Technology Transfer (CETT) of Barry Bozeman (2000).

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Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

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Technology Transfer from South African Technology Stations to Their SME Clients

Technology Transfer from South African Technology Stations to Their SME Clients

Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

Utilisation of Research in South Africa's Research Institutes

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