The Role of Universities on Development of New Technologies
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2007
Yazarlar: Ramazan Cengiz AKDENİZ, Serdal TEMEL
\n Volume: 3, Issue: 4\n 205-210\n \n, Uluslararası, 2007
Özet
Companies have been looking for new way and method to develop new technology in very competitive recent economy. Invention, innovation and technological development are main stones of those ways and methods. Until market a product goes trough invention, innovation and technological development process. This all process is called technological development. In recent economy, technological development has become main target of all countries. Fourty-Seven per cent of economical development of developed countries comes from technological development. The main input of technological development is scientific knowledge. The scientific knowledge is produced at universities and goes to society by different ways. Companies have to collaborate with universities in order to develop new products and systems. University industry collaboration helps companies for more efficient R&D projects and to develop very competitive products. According to a study, approximately 10% of new products and new process comes out of university industry collaboration. Developed countries around 150 university project transfers to industry annually, and it make very big contribution to countries economy.