A study on challenges for commercialisation of research innovation in the public research university in Malaysia

Zety Norhaiza, Ab Rahman (2015) A study on challenges for commercialisation of research innovation in the public research university in Malaysia. Project Report. UTeM. (Submitted)

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Abstract

University has been identified as a platform in research collaboration with industry for commercialisation. There are much supports to encourage for such activities. Unfortunately, not all research product are successfully commercialised to the market. There are challenges that face by the public university in Malaysia. Thus, this research identifies the challenges in commercializing research product in the public research university and suggests a guideline for improvement in commercialisation research product in Malaysia. This study adopts qualitative methodology using semi-structured interview. The interviews were conducted with two categories of respondent in the public research university; which are Technology Transfer Officers (TTOs) and academic researcher in the university. The results shows that the public research university faced challenges mostly in the research product. The product does not meet the market requirements thus cause low demand and failure in getting fund. There are also other challenges including, industry have low trust in university research product, no proper fund management in university, student as support team, convincing top management, suitable research theme and entrepreneurial skills in commercialisation. Looking ahead, in achieving successful commercialisation, an interrelated relation between academic researcher, university and industry have to be built.

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