Business Plan Approach as a Tool to Develop Entry Level Academic Knowledge Transfer Activities.
: Seppälä Kaapo M., Sinervo Petteri, Charpentron Céline
Publisher: The Academy of Business & Retail Management
: Middlesex, UK
: 2014
: International Journal of Higher Education Management
: IJHEM
: 1
: 1
: 109
: 118
This paper focuses on developing first stage or entry level Technology or Knowledge
Transfer activities in relative young universities. The method used is adapting business
plan approach to universities’ development work. Our main focus lies on the concept of
Knowledge- or Technology Transfer Organisation. The qualitative data consists of
workshops conducted in Albanian universities during 2013 and 2014, and the results of
the development work done in the Albanian universities. Critical Success Factors for
establishing an effective Technology Transfer Organisation are evaluated with the
observations in these universities. In addition, the critical functions for a Technology or
Knowledge Transfer Organisation are located on a Business Plan Template.