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Prioritizing Factors Influencing Knowledge Commercialization in Universities: A Case Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University, Iran.

2 Department of Information Sciences and knowledge Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology ,Isfahan university

3 MA of Social Sciences cultural studies, Kashan University, Iran.

4 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize factors affecting the commercialization of research results in Isfahan university.
Methodology: This study firstly identifies the factors affecting knowledge commercialization in previous research through a qualitative approach and confirmatory factor analysis method.  The statistical population of the study consisted of 262 faculty members, staff and postgraduate students of Isfahan University in the academic year of 2019who commercialized their research results or wanted to commercialize but failed and were familiar with the business process of the research results. In this study, descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used to calculate experts 'views on knowledge commercialization indices and Kendall's coefficient of correlation was used to determine the degree of unity of experts' opinion. Also, AHP hierarchical analysis technique was used to prioritize the factors.
Findings: Among the three factors under consideration, contextual factors with a weight of 0.456, content factors with a weight of 0.339, and structural factors with a weight of 0.222 were ranked in the first to third priorities of factors influencing knowledge commercialization, respectively.
Discussion: Considering the existence of such problems, it is necessary to design and implement the patent information registration and transfer system in accordance with intellectual property laws at Isfahan University.

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Journal of Studies in Library and Information Science
Volume 13, Issue 1
June 2021
Pages 1-20
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