KTT Capabilities - a set of “facilitators” that drives the TTOs toward the best practices

Abstract

This sub-chapterpresentsa set of “Facilitators” that drive the Technology TransferOffices (TTO) in the actual effective and efficient practices of KTT. Peopleperfectly recognize that lifequality depends today on theirscience and technology advances. An increase in the economic and cultural levels(progress) is only possible if the development of human resources has a high priority. KTThas a central position in these problems and the cooperation between R&D institutions and enterprisesis one of the most important instruments to govern the process. Today, science becomes a more important human activity, and questions related to science are criteria of its maturity (Novozhilov, 1991).This scenarioofscience and technology change/evolution, seen in conjunction with the R&D institutions and companies, as key playersin the innovation ecosystem, enforcea central rolefor these institutions. Moreover, today,it is impossible to managethe relationships between the most important actors without taking into account the most important interface structure to manage the processes -the TTO.This sub-chapter suggestsa Master Plan that explains the high-level view in the management of KTT. We show this plan as steps in a KTT process, each step with its facilitators, and each facilitator with its rules (of best practices).The collection of facilitators reflects an overview and translation, to our Master Plan, of what is largely understood as the actual best practices.The compilation of 275 rules referring to 54 facilitators distributed in seven groups of facilitatorsreflects the complexity of the KTT process.