Purpose

The purpose of this study is to analyse how different patterns of production factors consumption of Spanish universities lead to specific technology transfer (TT) profiles (outcomes).

Design/methodology/approach

Adopting a resource-based view perspective (RBV), qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is used to analyse the relationship between different combinations of resources – human resources, financial resources and support services – and various portfolios of TT outcomes – intellectual or industrial property agreements, spin-offs and TT income.

Findings

Results indicate that there is no unique formula of resource consumption that leads to a specific portfolio of TT outcomes. These results seem to reflect the characteristics and competencies added by universities, along with the characteristics of their socioeconomic context. From a RVB perspective, this indicates that the considered resources are substitutable.

Practical implications

The effectiveness of university policies is expected to vary by university, for example depending on the type of resources that is most relevant in the university’s production process. To develop competitive advantages Spanish public universities must resort to internal intangible resources or specific and inimitable combinations of the available resources.

Social implications

Since Spanish universities are heterogeneous and display different TT portfolios they address the needs of different users.

Originality/value

Previous studies have failed to acknowledge the heterogeneity among universities. To perform the analysis QCA is used, an innovative methodology in the higher education sector that enables us to purposefully acknowledge institutional diversity (in both resources and results). This allows us to indirectly take into account the capabilities of universities using a more holistic approach to evaluate their competitiveness.

中文翻译：

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研究大学技术转让组合背后的策略：不同的资源消耗方式如何导致类似的技术转让配置文件

目的

这项研究的目的是分析西班牙大学不同的生产要素消费模式如何导致特定的技术转让（TT）配置文件（成果）。

设计/方法/方法

定性比较分析（QCA）采用基于资源的视角（RBV），用于分析不同资源组合（人力资源，财务资源和支持服务）与TT结果的各种投资组合（知识产权或工业产权协议）之间的关系。 ，衍生产品和TT收入。

发现

结果表明，没有独特的资源消耗公式可以得出特定的TT结果组合。这些结果似乎反映出大学所增加的特征和能力以及其社会经济背景的特征。从RVB角度来看，这表明所考虑的资源是可替代的。

实际影响

预期大学政策的有效性会因大学而异，例如，取决于与大学生产过程最相关的资源类型。为了发挥竞争优势，西班牙公立大学必须诉诸内部无形资源或可用资源的特定而独特的组合。

社会影响

由于西班牙的大学种类繁多，并且显示不同的TT资产组合，因此它们可以满足不同用户的需求。

创意/价值

先前的研究未能承认大学之间的异质性。为了进行分析，使用了QCA，这是高等教育领域的一种创新方法，使我们能够有目的地承认机构的多样性（包括资源和成果）。这使我们可以使用更全面的方法来间接评估大学的能力，以评估其竞争力。