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2021-12-01

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Knowledge transfer profiles of public research organisations: the role of fields of knowledge specialisation

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While public research organisations (PROs) are increasingly expected to transfer knowledge to businesses and other stakeholders, their engagement in knowledge transfer (KT) activities is still under-researched. Better understanding of PROs' KT engagement, including how it is shaped by PROs' organisational characteristics, could lead to better tailored policies in support to PROs' effort to transfer knowledge. We develop a conceptual framework linking PROs' specialisation in different fields of knowledge to their profiles of KT engagement and validate it empirically using a six-year panel data set of 33 PROs in the UK. We use multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis techniques to identify three distinct KT profiles, which are stable over time, and strongly associated with the PROs' knowledge field specialisation. We argue that these profiles may depend on the different market readiness and user specificity of knowledge outputs arising from different fields of knowledge and derive implications for theory, policy, and practice.

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Gestió del coneixement, Recerca industrial, Escala multidimensional

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Knowledge management, Industrial research, Multidimensional scaling

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TORRE GARCÍA, Eva Maria de la, et al. Knowledge transfer profiles of public research organisations: the role of fields of knowledge specialisation. Science and Public Policy. 2021. Vol. 48, num. 6, pags. 860-876. ISSN 0302-3427. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/186294

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