Partnerships Technology Transfer-Based: Theory and Methodology for Analysing the Process

This article examines the technology transfer-based partnerships between public research organisations (sources of knowledge, innovation and technology) and users (firms, public administrations, etc.) as dynamic processes for a mutual learning. This process can provide for the R&D organisations an increased capacity of technology transfer and self-financing, while for firms an enhancing in competitiveness.This paper makes suggestions to researchers for studying strategy process and describes some methodologies, called longitudinal studies, that show as the patterns evolve over time.A theoretical framework and a case study in biomedical innovation (from Van de Ven and Garud, 1993) are presented