TY  - JOUR
T1  - Three Scenarios of Innovation and Technology Transfer: The Case of Key Enabling
Technologies in the Danube Region
AU - Besednjak ValiČ, Tamara AU - Kolar, Janez AU - Lamut, Urša 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 21
SP  - 3619
EP  - 3623
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.3619.3623
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.3619.3623
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  -open innovation
KW  -scenarios of cooperation
KW  -qualitative research
KW  -scenarios
KW  -contemporary
AB  - The interconnected and globalized world is
increasingly interdependent. Part of the interdependence
is driven also by global trends that act as steering forces
for local actors to orient themselves. One of the global
trends is without doubt open innovation. It is the
technology transfer and cooperation between the business
sphere and academia that is proposed as a solution for
keeping up with the innovation demand of global markets.
The empirical part of the article is based on a series of
focus group discussions conducted through fourteen
countries of the Danube Region. By applying data from
collected focus groups we can detect distinct patterns of
development of the technology transfer system in the
Danube Region. For this purpose, we elaborate on three
scenarios of future collaboration between the business and
the academic sphere. The researchers discuss the potential
future relationships between the business sphere and
academia in the Danube Region. The perspective taken
into account is self-identification of each of the spheres in
the light of the open innovation paradigm demands for
increased cooperation.
ER  -