TLO Top Management Teams and Technology Transfer Performance
An Empirical Analysis of External TLOs in Japan
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Takayuki Sakai
Kobe University, Value School
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Technology Transfer, Technology Transfer Offices, Top Management Teams, Technology Transfer Performance, Technology CommercializationAbstract
This research focuses on the top management teams (TMTs) and the technology transfer performance of Japanese technology transfer organizations (TLOs). By focusing on 19 external TLOs in Japan, this study aims to determine what kind of TMTs make up TLOs in Japan and what kind of technology transfer performance they produce. This is the very first empirical study using evidence on the technology transfer performance of Japanese TLOs, as studies on Japanese TLOs are extremely limited. Poisson regression analysis reveals that TLOs in TMTs with a high ratio of outside directors and TLOs in TMTs with internal directors who have experience with other TLOs both tend to have higher technology transfer performance. The results suggest that outside directors serve as a bridge between TLOs and important stakeholders, and the directors with existing TLO experience are able to transfer their knowledge and know-how to other members, these factors seem to contribute to the improvement of TLOs' technology transfer performance.
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