3.5.Traditional knowledge transfer via publications does not lead to close interactions with industrial scientists. 3.6.Basic research is a fertile field for invention, ensuring the academic patent activity can increase. 3.7.Overemphasis on patents can conflict with the educational process. The Process of Commercialization 4.1.The process between concept and product is expensive. The cost hurdle colors industry's interest in new ideas.
Personal collaborations are most effective.
5.2.Technology transfer is dependent on finding a potential user who has both a corporate need and sufficient funds for development. The Cost of Commercialization. Understanding the time and expense in developing a discovery through to commercialization is important to the academic partner. 5.4.Lack of interest may reflect corporate concerns seemingly far removed from the discovery. Moreover, these concerns are usually confidential, and the academic partner will not hear the critical facts.