Transfer of Knowledge and Technology in the Region of Lodz

Abstract

The paper presents the current status of business and university collaboration in knowledge transfer and the institutional aspect of technology transfer system on the example of the Lodz Region. It outlines the practices of knowledge transfer between universities and industry, including the effects and benefits of knowledge transfer for both cooperating parties. Second part of the paper is the description of regional infrastructure of innovation environment and the third one explains the conditions (driving forces and barriers) of technology transfer and commercialisation in the Lodz Region.